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The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators recently completed a salary survey of financial aid officers from around the country. The survey consists of responses from 3,179 personnel employed at roughly 1,075 colleges and universities.
Over the last 10 years, financial aid directors received a 7% increase in salary as compared with a 29.2% increase [...]
Student Loan Watcher @ June 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
As college becomes increasingly expensive, recent high school graduates are going to need to really think hard about the importance of a college education. Here are some numbers to consider:
8 of the top 10 fastest growing jobs through 2014 don’t require a bachelor’s degree
The average student loan debt at graduation is $21,000
Federal interest rates are [...]
Student Loan Watcher @ June 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Next week marks a drop in the interest rate of Stafford Loans from 6.8% to 6.0%. This is just the beginning of an overall cut in interest rates which will be cut in half over the next three years reaching a low of 3.4% by the year 2011. The cut is expected to benefit almost [...]
Financial Aide @ May 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Are you concerned that bad credit will prevent you from going to college? While it is true that finding student loans with excellent interest rates is easier if you have a sterling credit rating, bad credit student loan aid is possible. For example, the most popular US Department of Education loan, the Stafford loan, assumes [...]