Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Does the cost of a four year college or university degree scare you? We all have been taught that a college degree is the path to the good life, but is it still – when students are emerging with heavy debt and little chance of a lucrative job? Are you afraid to go, and yet afraid not to go? But, at least I graduated without debt.

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College Debt Education Student 227

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 29, 2014

Don’t despair if you (or perhaps your children) aren’t planning on earning a four year college degree. Degrees are very expensive and in this post recession economy, don’t necessarily guarantee the best return on your dollar. There are interesting entry level jobs to which someone without a college degree can aspire.

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College Repairs Work Computers 187

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I made some foolish choices shortly after graduating college, burning through my savings and running up credit card bills. We bought our house in March 2009, during some of the worst of the recession and the housing bubble bursting. Did you ever receive any financial education in school or from your parents? Not really.

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California Cars Car College 172

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

My University Money: Should I Pursue a Co-op Education? – A down to earth outline to what I see as the advantages and disadvantages of a cooperative education, and to argue that one doesn’t need take a cooperative education to be successful. The College Investor: Top Five College Myths – Dispelled!

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November 2011 Personal Finance Finance 188