Random question: Did you know how much debt you were going to be in when you were applying to veterinary schools? You probably didn’t learn the steps to becoming a rich veterinarian, but you …
Banfield Veterinary Student Debt Relief Does Little to Solve the Problem
Veterinary student debt is the elephant in the room. It's on the minds of virtually every veterinarian who wasn't blessed with rich parents. Maybe that's why Banfield Pet Hospital recently announced a …
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St George’s University: Guide to Recovery from Their Ridiculous Tuition
Perhaps no one else in the country has counseled more St George's University graduates than I have on student loans. At Student Loan Planner, we've talked to folks in eye-popping amounts of debt. …
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UC Davis Vet School Expansion to Cost a Half Billion Dollars (!)
A half billion dollars over 10 years. That's the approximate projected cost of the recently announced 10 year, $508 million UC Davis vet school expansion. My primary business here at Student Loan …
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Prepare for the Vet School Student Loan Tax Bomb
The year 2014 is the last time I can find a public announcement from the AVMA on student loan statistics for veterinarians. For graduating veterinarians in that year, if you had to take out loans the …
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A Radical Proposal to Save the Veterinary Profession from Destruction by Student Loans
We are at an inflection point in the veterinary profession. I'm learning from anecdotal conversations with friends in vet school that prospective freshman students are starting to price shop for …