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Paying off $115,000 in student loans?

How long would it take for me to pay these loans off while making about 50k a year with an interest rate of 10%? I have taken out subsidized and unsubsidized stafford loans.

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  • 8 years ago
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    http://www.finaid.org/calculators/loanpayments.pht...

    for purposes of discussion, your gross is 50K... that means your net (after taxes, etc) is $35,000.... this does not include health insurance

    35,0000 / 12 = 2916.66666

    I will round that up to $3,000 per month

    let's say you have $3,000 per month to pay for health insurance & all of your living expenses plus your student loan

    let's pretend your employer provides health insurance at no cost to you & that you are single so there is no one else to cover with your health insurance

    if you can manage to budget rent, utilities, car payment, car insurance, car maintenance, gas for car, your phone, internet, food & every single other thing you need ... and keep that to $2,000 per month or less (believe me this will be very difficult to do if you have a car payment)

    then you have $1,000 per month you can use towards student loans & that would take you 30 years

    Loan Balance: $115,000.00

    Adjusted Loan Balance: $115,000.00

    Loan Interest Rate: 10.00%

    Loan Fees: 0.00%

    Loan Term: 30 years

    Monthly Loan Payment: $1,009.21

    Number of Payments: 360

    Cumulative Payments: $363,309.51

    Total Interest Paid: $248,309.51

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    do the math

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