http://kosu.org/2012/08/forget-retirement-many-older-americans-are-still-paying-off-student-loans/ The State's Public Radio Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://kosu.org/2012/08/forget-retirement-many-older-americans-are-still-paying-off-student-loans/comment-page-1/#comment-122692 Melanie Page Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:29:43 +0000 http://kosu.org/2012/08/forget-retirement-many-older-americans-are-still-paying-off-student-loans/#comment-122692 Student loan debt is not only a problem for those who go back to school at a later age, but also for those of us who continued right through from HS to PhD. My husband and I collectively owe nearly $100,000 15 years out from PhD (he stays at home with kids, I work at OSU). We are lucky in that we locked in low interest rates around 4.0%. My colleague in Australia went to school completely free. It seems American values odd things and education is not one of them. Student loan debt is not only a problem for those who go back to school at a later age, but also for those of us who continued right through from HS to PhD. My husband and I collectively owe nearly $100,000 15 years out from PhD (he stays at home with kids, I work at OSU). We are lucky in that we locked in low interest rates around 4.0%. My colleague in Australia went to school completely free. It seems American values odd things and education is not one of them.

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