The College Investor is on track to be one of the largest personal finance sites dedicated to helping people get out of student loan debt and start building wealth for the future, reaching over 3,000,000 people every month.
But just because we touch so many individuals on their path to escaping student loan debt, doesn't mean we're the only ones who are helping people get out of student loan debt.
If you want to see our big selection of our tools and resources, check out our Escape Student Loan Debt page.
Never one to shy away from helping others, we want to share with you some other people who are doing amazing things when it comes to helping people get out of student loan debt.
So that you can always be as informed as possible, here are some of the best student loan debt blogs and bloggers right now:
Best Student Loan Debt Blogs
Here is our list of the best blogs that focus specifically on student loan debt.
Josh Cohen, TheStudentLoanLawyer.com
Josh is a student loan lawyer who got is his first glimpse of the financial aid system while working in the financial aid office during college.
Tired of seeing how the system worked and too many borrowers becoming slaves to their student loan debt, he decided to open his own law firm to help people better understand their options when it comes to student loan debt.
Today, you can find him at TheStudentLoanLawyer.com.
Jay Fleischman, StudentLoanShow.com
Jay is a consumer protection lawyer working with student loan borrowers to help get their debts under control.
He has been helping borrowers over the past 20 years put together plans to better manage their debt, understand their options, and eventually get out from the burden that is student loan debt.
He also runs a popular podcast called the Student Loan Show, which you can find on iTunes or Stitcher.
Check out Jay at StudentLoanShow.com
Travis Hornsby, StudentLoanPlanner.com
Travis is a CFA that specializes in helping borrowers navigate their student loans and the rest of their finances.
He and his team of financial planners tackle some of the largest student loan balances we've ever seen - including some 7 figure borrowers.
Today, he focuses on helping people create financial plans to get them out of student loan debt. Even the most complex student loan situations aren't too much to handle!
Check out Travis at StudentLoanPlanner.com
Heather Jarvis, AskHeatherJarvis.com
Heather Jarvis is a lawyer and student loan debt expert who, after graduation, found herself owing over $125,000 in student loan debt. Not one to shy away from the problem but still wanting to fulfill her dreams, she took a job paying only $25,000 per year, but worked hard to find student loan forgiveness programs.
Today, she helps others understand the complexities of student loan debt and teaches both borrowers and financial professionals how to get out of debt.
Read more about Heather here: AskHeatherJarvis.com
Adam Minsky, BostonStudentLoanLawyer.com
Adam Minsky is a student loan lawyer who started his law firm because he encountered a serious problem with one of his student loan servicers and he couldn’t find anyone to help him.
His goal is to help borrowers who feel alone and overwhelmed by a student debt issue, and he has since helped hundreds of clients work through major problems with their student loans.
He has written several books on the topic of student loan debt, and is often featured in the press.
You can learn more about Adam here: BostonStudentLoanLawyer.com
The Institute Of Student Loan Advisors (TISLA)
The Institute of Student Loan Advisors is headed by student loan expert Besty Mayotte.
She has been an expert on student loans and crafting student loan policy for years, and in the past decade, has been focused on helping borrowers navigate the system. With a big focus on Reddit, she recently created the TISLA website and has been focused on helping borrowers directly - for FREE.
You can learn more about TISLA here: The Institute of Student Loan Advisors
Student Loan Debt And More
These are blogs that focuses a lot on student loans, but also have a ton of great information about getting out of debt in general.
David Carlson, YoungAdultMoney.com
David started Young Adult Money in 2012 to help you make more, save more, and live better.
But over the last few years he's really become focused on student loan debt, and just recently launched his book called the Student Loan Solution.
Given the unprecedented amount of student loan debt in America today, he wants to help people make better choices with their student loans.
Check out David's blog at YoungAdultMoney.com
Steve Rhode, GetOutOfDebt.org
Steve Rhode is a journalist that specializes in covering consumer debt and the debt relief world. While not exclusive to student loan debt, he does touch on the subject quite a bit as his goal is to help people manage their debt.
The amazing thing about Steve and his website is that he gets (and answers) a ton of reader questions every week. As such, he's covered every topic imaginable when it comes to debt issues - including student loans.
Check out Steve's work at GetOutOfDebt.org
Government Student Loan Debt Resources
The United States Government, along with the Department of Education, has some great tools to help student loan borrowers with managing their student loan debt.
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) was created after the financial crisis to help protect consumers from unfair or deceptive financial practices. A big part of their mission is education, and they have a great tool for helping you understand the best way to repay your student loan debt.
Check out the Repay Your Student Loans Tool.
Federal Student Aid
Federal Student Aid is an office of the Department of Education that handles almost everything related to student loan debt and financial aid. Their website is essentially the "Bible" of everything related to student loan debt. If you have a question about a repayment plan, or who could qualify for certain loan types? This is where you want to go.
Check out StudentAid.gov.
Three Great Resources To Consider
Here are two important reminders when it comes to "advice" for dealing with your student loan debt. Since there are a lot of scams out there, we want to highlight two key pieces of advice for you:
1. If you're considering paying a company to help you with your loans, make sure you understand what you're getting. Read this article about Whether Your Student Loan Consolidation Or Aid Company Is A Scam?
2. If you're planning on working with a student loan lawyer (which there are some great ones on this list), make sure you understand what a lawyer can do for you: What A Student Loan Lawyer Can Do For Borrowers.
3. Of you are thinking about student loan forgiveness options, check out our massive guide to the 80 Different Ways You Can Get Student Loan Forgiveness.
Robert Farrington is America’s Millennial Money Expert® and America’s Student Loan Debt Expert™, and the founder of The College Investor, a personal finance site dedicated to helping millennials escape student loan debt to start investing and building wealth for the future. You can learn more about him on the About Page or on his personal site RobertFarrington.com.
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