Recent grads repay $63,000 debt load in five years by living like students

By Aleksandra Sagan. In 2009, Jacqueline Koos and her husband graduated with about $52,000 in student loans. They borrowed another $11,000 soon after for a rushed car purchase. But through a mixture of perseverance and frugal living, the couple managed to erase their debt load in just five years. More...