Need Help Deciding a School! [Pitt $43k vs Drexel $56k vs CU Boulder $58k vs UMass Lowell $43k for Finance]

There are annual federal student loan borrowing limits. Currently a college undergraduate can borrow through the program $5,500 as a freshman, $6,500 as a sophomore, and $7,500 as a junior and senior, totaling $27,000)

There are however private lenders (like the owners of College Confidential whose name I have obscured per TOS) that will offer loans without cosignors for significantly more incremental money beyond the Federal limits.

I don’t necessarily recommend taking on that incremental debt but it does exist as an option.

If however seeking I banking or consulting the debt may become inconsequential when spread across a more lucrative career that would be less accessible from non target but cheaper schools.

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