On: Ask HN: How long did it take you to pay off your student loans?

[byoung2]

I was lucky enough to go to a public school (UCLA), which cost less than $5000/year at the time. I was able to come out debt-free, which is huge, considering some of my high school friends have over $100k in debt.

[Ad_Astra → byoung2]

Curious, when did you attend? Current fees alone are close to $11,000/year at the UCs now. Nonresidents have it even worse.

[byoung2 → Ad_Astra]

1998-2003. The fees started at $1300/quarter or $3900/year, and ended at $1400/quarter, or $4200/year. As a California resident, I got the much lower in-state tuition.

Here's a chart of the fees from back then:

1998: http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/archive/fees/1997-98/Winter98F...

2003: http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/archive/fees/2002-03/Winter03F...