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Paying off your student loan debt can be a daunting task. Are you stressed about how you're going to make your monthly payments in addition to other bills and responsibilities? Take a look at our student loan repayment strategies infographic and see what may work best for you and your budget. Keep in mind that not every strategy will apply to everyone, but each option is worth looking into!

In life, nothing is guaranteed. Oftentimes things change, and your student loan payments may just be one of those things. Recent increases to variable interest rates, after a very long period of staying static, have left many student loan borrowers in a state of shock. When rates increase, so do monthly payments on variable rate loans, and after sitting at historical lows for nearly a decade, market rates have been on the rise these past two years.

If you are a resident of Texas or Louisiana, we recognize you and your family may have been seriously affected by Hurricane Harvey. During this difficult time, we want to do our part to help make life a little bit easier.

The US student loan "crisis" is the result of soaring tuition, increased demand for professionals, and the collective borrowing by more than 70% of the country’s college students. With debt averaging about $35,000 for undergraduate students, repayment strategy is key. The good news is, most students are able to manage their student loans, even if they aren't happy to have them! Here are the best ways to conquer your student loan debt.

It’s all well and good to talk about ideal scenarios when it comes to paying off your student loans. You’ll graduate, you’ll start repayment on a plan that works perfectly with your income and budget, and you’ll chip away at your debt consistently and aggressively until your loans are paid off or forgiven.

Joining the military can be an exciting idea. The commercials boast honorable missions, and adventures around the world. But the military is actually much, much more than just excitement, adventure and defending your country. The truth is that a committing to a stint in the armed services can be a way to advance a civilian career and fund a college education. Know all the angles and use your time in the service wisely, and you could come out with some opportunity that you simply won’t find elsewhere. Here’s how it breaks down:

Well, it’s been a crazy couple of months. The wildest election season in recent history and now, the thing that weighs on the minds of all Americans, and particularly those with major financial commitments to look forward to: what’s next?

For most college grads, student debt is a fact of life. It’s a monthly expense to be worked into your budget and you’ll quickly adapt, as everyone does, to the payment schedule. But hold on a second – just paying the bill isn’t all there is to paying down your student debt. You need to make sure you’re taking a smart, measured approach to your debt – one that will give you the best odds for paying it down quickly, without negatively impacting your finances in other ways. Here’s what you need to know.

Take a deep breath. Repaying your student loans is as time honored a tradition as college itself. Each part of the education financing machine is well-oiled and inspected, and you’re in for a pleasant surprise here – there are options to help you succeed in your repayment, alternative routes to help you manage your debt responsibly, and genuine benefits lurking around in the corners. Let’s shine a light on some of them, and talk about best practices for managing this new responsibility.

It happens to all of us who borrowed for college: notifications from lenders that your student loan payments will soon be due. It's time to craft a plan of attack. There’s good news and bad news here: let’s tackle the bad first.