Help Sitemap Home Skip Navigation Contact Us Disability Statement

Endinburgh Council
 
 
Saturday, 5th December 2009 Change Date

Students carry heavy debt burden

Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image

Published Date: 18 August 2007
NEARLY a third of students owe more than £10,000, with the average undergraduate £7500 in debt, research showed today.
Eight out of ten students have a student loan, owing an average of £4550 on it, while 73 per cent have an overdraft facility, according to high street bank Halifax.

Page 1 of 1

  • Last Updated: 18 August 2007 9:14 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Consumer debt
 
1

A. O'Lorcain,

U.S. 18/08/2007 22:48:08

It's awful, but they're still doing better than U.S. students over here: most I've known owe about twice that by the time they graduate. And government college funding and loan maximums have been drastically cut by Bush and his cronies to pay for Iraq. Only the rich will be able to go to school soon...


 

Comment on this Story

 

In order to post comments you must Register or Sign In

 
 
RSS Feed of this article's comments
Delivery formats: RSS, Atom, Javascript & Email
 
  

 
 


Sister Newspapers:
Press Complaints Commission

This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the Editor by clicking here.

If you remain dissatisfied with the response provided then you can contact the PCC by clicking here.