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After loans have matured from undergrad, 80K on that.

PA school loans - another 80K for tuition plus roughly another 80K for living in NY for two years.

 

That's a whopping 240K of loans.

 

And the sad part? I've worked 36+ hours all through undergrad, never bought anything nice (besides my car which I had to have and is just an average car, although was new when I got it several years ago), did 2 years of community college, and went to a relatively cheap public university. I could choose to go to a school that would cost only 65K but once you owe a quarter of a million dollars, does 15K really make much of a difference?

 

So don't complain to me about six figures or 90K worth of loans. Ugh!

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Well after posting that I finally got my parent plus loans and added them all up. My actual loan amount after maturation (once I graduate PA school, thanks to 7.9% interest rates for parent plus loans) for undergrad alone is actually 105K, 2 years of that was at community college. This means I'll owe over 300K when I graduate and am a PA. Honestly I don't see how I can even get by making these payments even with a loan repayment program. I am starting to wonder if I made the right decision in going back to school, or if I would've been better off just working all my life.

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Just about $35000 unless I decide to go for the additional masters next year and get master's level loans instead of undergrad. I went in with about $15000 of school loan debt, then $10000 per year undergrad PA loans. Not exactly sure how much more the master's loans would add, but its only for 1 year since St. Francis accepts our PA classes into their master's program.

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Just about $35000 unless I decide to go for the additional masters next year and get master's level loans instead of undergrad. I went in with about $15000 of school loan debt, then $10000 per year undergrad PA loans. Not exactly sure how much more the master's loans would add, but its only for 1 year since St. Francis accepts our PA classes into their master's program.

Just out of curiosity what masters program are you interested in at St. Francis?

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Just about $35000 unless I decide to go for the additional masters next year and get master's level loans instead of undergrad. I went in with about $15000 of school loan debt, then $10000 per year undergrad PA loans. Not exactly sure how much more the master's loans would add, but its only for 1 year since St. Francis accepts our PA classes into their master's program.

Just out of curiosity what masters program are you interested in at St. Francis?

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