Make sure you are borrowing responsibly
Student loans are serious business. You need to think about how
much you are borrowing and whether you will be able to afford to pay back
those loans. The
College Savings Calculator is a powerful tool to help you work out how
much you could or should be saving to meet college expenses, and how to maximize
your savings efforts. No matter which loans you decide to accept, be a wise
borrower and only borrow what you need to pay for your educational expenses
each year. The SLOPE Calculator can help you determine this amount.
As
an aviation student at Kansas State University, Josh Stacey needs to pay for
flight training, which costs about $100 per hour. By the time he graduates
with his bachelor's degree, he expects that he will have incurred at least
$50,000 in loans.
Stacey says that he researched lending options carefully
to make sure that he got the best rate he could. He also made sure he understood
his repayment responsibilities after graduation, when he starts his career
as a pilot.