What Is the Average Nurse Salary?
Registered nurses earn an average salary of $80,000 per year, according to a 2019 study by the online medical resource Medscape. Nurses who earn hourly wages instead of a salary…
Ryan Lane
Ryan Lane is a NerdWallet authority on student loans. He spent more than a decade as a writer and editor for student loan guarantor American Student Assistance. He also co-authored the U.S. News & World Report "Student Loan Ranger" blog, and The Associated Press has featured his work on college financial aid and loan repayment plans. Ryan paid off his student loans early and loves helping borrowers find the best ways to manage their own education debt. Email: [email protected].
Posts by Ryan Lane:
How Many Years Is Nursing School?
How many years you’ll spend in nursing school depends on what type of education you need to get the job you want: Nursing assistant: less than a few months in…
Can You Make Interest-Only Payments on Student Loans?
You can make interest-only payments on student loans to save money. Making these payments before you graduate — or while you’re postponing repayment — can keep thousands of dollars in…
Best Nursing Student Loans
The best nursing student loans for RNs, LPNs and other undergrad programs are federal loans. But for MSN students with good credit, private loans may cost less.
Should Your Student Loans and Your Spouse’s Get Hitched?
Multiple studies have shown that student debt can cause borrowers to delay getting married. For some borrowers, though, marriage could actually be a gateway to paying less. You can save…
How to Pay Off Parent PLUS Loans Faster
The best way to pay off parent PLUS loans faster is to pay more than the minimum each month. That’s true for any kind of student loan. But parent PLUS…
Parent PLUS Loan Deferment: Do You Have to Pay Right Away?
If you took out a federal parent PLUS loan for your child’s education, you don’t have to start paying it back right away. Parent PLUS loan deferment is available until…
Should You Worry About a ‘Student Loan Forgiveness Tax Bomb’?
A “student loan forgiveness tax bomb” happens when your loan balance is forgiven and you must pay taxes on that amount. This primarily affects borrowers on income-driven repayment plans. In…
8 Million Student Loan Borrowers Must Do This in 2020
More than 8 million federal student loan borrowers use income-driven repayment plans. These plans can drop payments to $0 based on a borrower’s income and family size. And after 20…
What Is the Average Student Loan Debt for Graduate School?
The average student loan debt for graduate school in 2015-16 was $71,000, according to the most recent data available from the National Center for Education Statistics. That average reflects debt…
