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Financial aid: One of six tools to graduate debt-free

Financial aid dwindling. Rising tuition. College debt over $20,000. Financing a college education can be as hard as paying off a McMansion on an adjustable-rate mortgage. Here are six ways you can trim or eliminate college debt.
Tired of student loans? These schools will leave you with little debt.

College costs are not only what you pay up front, but also what debt you carry into the future. The class of 2009 graduated with an average of $24,000 in debts from student loans, up 6 percent from the previous year, according to a report Thursday from The Project on Student Debt in Oakland, Calif. But the report also identifies 20 four-year public and private nonprofit colleges where graduates took on the least amount of debt – an average of $3,000 to $8,500.

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Occupy protests spread to US college campuses

As the Occupy Wall Street protests have grown to cities across the United States, they've also taken root at US universities, where students have staged rallies and walk-outs from classes.
Financial aid: One of six tools to graduate debt-free

Financial aid dwindling. Rising tuition. College debt over $20,000. Financing a college education can be as hard as paying off a McMansion on an adjustable-rate mortgage. Here are six ways you can trim or eliminate college debt.
Tired of student loans? These schools will leave you with little debt.

College costs are not only what you pay up front, but also what debt you carry into the future. The class of 2009 graduated with an average of $24,000 in debts from student loans, up 6 percent from the previous year, according to a report Thursday from The Project on Student Debt in Oakland, Calif. But the report also identifies 20 four-year public and private nonprofit colleges where graduates took on the least amount of debt – an average of $3,000 to $8,500.
Need a college loan? Ask your friends online.

Websites are cropping up for peer lending, and at other sites, students can raise donations for college.
Study: U.S. financial aid fails students who need it most

The $86 billion system is so complex and piecemeal that experts call for an overhaul.
College students: Don't limit dreams with debt

Huge school loans can hinder future growth. Think about potential income before signing the dotted line.
Too few low-income college students?

Pressure mounts on colleges to reduce barriers for that pool of talent.
Student-loan legislation moves forward

The bill, designed to encourage lenders to keep offering federal loans to students, won bipartisan support in Congress.
Amid loan worries, a silver lining for students

Almost half of college students fail to collect all of the federal loans – fixed at 6.8 percent – that they are eligible to receive.