Want to be Debt-Free After Graduation? Statistics Recommend Avoiding Journalism (Sigh)

College students, listen up and everyone else, take heed. If you want to be debt-free after you graduate, you may want to avoid pursuing a few occupations which rank among the worst for debt. You know, like journalism.

We cringe with disappointment as we share this grim news. That is, Bankrate released numbers which reflect occupations related to debt by comparing median salaries and how long it would take to pay off student loans.

Jessica Patel, personal finance analyst for the site, advised MarketWatch, “If you know that you’re going to take student loans it may be good to see what the salary might be and what the consequences of taking on that debt might be.”

The site examined various majors and figured out how long it would take to pay off debt when putting 10 percent of one’s salary toward paying off student loans at the average interest rate of six percent.

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