Mar 20, 2025

Workforce Development & Community Education - Fall 2024 - Summer 2025 - NON-CREDIT CATALOG

Mastering Student Debt

Location(s): Valhalla

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Program Description

Student debt is crushing the American Dream. Last year, student debt in the US surpassed $1 Trillion, and for the first time, exceeded the total amount of credit card debt.

How do you minimize the financial impact of student loans? Learn about the different types of repayment options, income driven loan forgiveness payments and public loan forgiveness programs. Take control of your finances NOW!

We will be working through some case studies using MS Excel to make the experience more applicable.

Course Offering

Lesson One

Student Debt Problem
Borrowing Essentials
Federal Repayment Plans
Income Driven Repayment Plans
Direct Consolidation and Refinancing

Lesson Two

Private Loans
Discharging Student Loans
Student Loan Defaults
Bankruptcy
Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Lesson Three

Tax Considerations (Deductions and Credits)
Tax Considerations (Community Property)
The Jobs and Tax Cut Act
Student Debt and Financial Planning

Lesson Four

Case Studies

Parent Loans
Loan Consolidation
Loan Forgiveness
Profession Specific

This course is taught by a Chartered Financial Analyst / Certified Financial Planner AND Certified Student Loan Professional (CFLP), B. Yam.

CE-FIN 2079 - Mastering Student Debt

Spring Course Offerings

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How to Register

You will need the Class # when speaking with a representative.

Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 7:15 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (in summer, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon)
Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (in summer, closed some Saturdays)

For course questions, please contact:

Jim Irvine, Director of Corporate and Continuing Professional Education
914-606-6658
james.irvine@sunywcc.edu