Authors

Linda Simpson
Renee Smith
Lisa Taylor
Julie Chadd

College Debt: An Exploratory Study of Risk Factors Among College Freshmen

Abstract

The goals of this study are to examine the relationships between loan knowledge, money management skills, debt tolerance attitudes, and student income potential to their willingness to incur educational debt at a mid-western university. The current study showed that freshmen students lacked personal and general loan knowledge and had unrealistic expectations of future income at graduation.

Recommended Citation

Simpson, Linda; Smith, Renee; Taylor, Lisa; and Chadd, Julie (2012) "College Debt: An Exploratory Study of Risk Factors Among College Freshmen," Journal of Student Financial Aid: Vol. 42 : Iss. 1 , Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55504/0884-9153.1039
Available at: https://ir.library.louisville.edu/jsfa/vol42/iss1/2