Student Loans: Managing Your Debt

Borrowing student loans can help take some of the financial burden off of you and your family while you are attending college, but what happens to your loans when you graduate? Like other loans, you'll start paying them back.

Whether you have recently graduated from college or are about to begin your first semester, these tips for managing student loans can be very helpful.

Wonder what your student loan payment will be when you get out of college? SLGFA's Estimated Student Loan Repayment Chart can give you a good idea. SLGFA, in partnership with Mapping Your Future, also has calculators on its Web site that can assist you in saving for college and estimating student loan repayments. Check out the Budget Calculator, Savings Calculator, Loan Repayment Calculator and much more.

If you aren't sure how much you have in student loans and want to know so you can get an estimated student loan payment, you can find out about all your student loans at the National Student Loan Data System's (NSLDS) Student Access site.