{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/723d52e3-732f-4ac1-8851-aca25bc39701/3cd54630-d374-4beb-8057-f9817836c4bd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Teach Me How I Can Pay Off My Student Loans?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112ae8f0252fa86ccc84ffa/6112aeace82e6b00130e1574.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>You took out <a href=\"https://learn.stashinvest.com/paid-off-student-loans-investing\" target=\"_blank\">student loans</a>. You graduated (or didn’t) from college. Now you’ve got bills to pay and you wonder if you’re ever going to get out from under it all.</p><p><br></p><p>Student loans are a big part of our post-graduate financial lives. And a lot of us didn’t plan on how we were going to pay them off when we took out those loans when we were seniors in high school.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>How are we doing at paying off our student loans?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>According to <a href=\"https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/2017-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201805.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a recent study</a> issued by the Federal Reserve, while most borrowers are current on their payments or have successfully paid off their loans, those who failed to complete a degree and those who attended for-profit institutions are more likely to have fallen behind on their payments.</p><p><br></p><p>Here are some more sobering stats from the Federal Reserve:</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Over half of college attendees under age 30 took on debt to pay for their education.</li><li>Among those making payments on their student loans, the typical monthly payment is between $200 and $300 per month.</li><li>Nearly one-fourth of borrowers who went to for-profit schools are behind on their loan payments, versus less than one-tenth of borrowers who went to public or private not-for-profit institutions.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>On this week’s edition of <a href=\"https://learn.stashinvest.com/paid-off-student-loans-investing\" target=\"_blank\">Teach Me How to Money</a>, college financing expert <a href=\"http://jodiokun.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jodi Okun</a> offers us real talk about how we can manage our student loan debt while still building our financial futures.</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks so much for listening. Send us your questions at TeachMeHowToMoney@StashInvest.com, and we'll try to answer them on a future episode. If you like what you're hearing, leave us a review on <a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/teach-me-how-to-money/id1296257144?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a>, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.</p><p><br></p><p>Don't have Stash yet? Just go to<a href=\"https://www.stashinvest.com/podcast\" target=\"_blank\"> StashInvest.com/podcast</a> and you can get $5 to get you started on your investment journey. Stash. It's your money, simplified.</p>","author_name":"Stash"}