# I’m 65 and have $300,000 in student debt

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**Created:** [August 25, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-65-and-have-300-000-in-student-debt/970345 "2022-08-25T19:39:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-65-and-have-300-000-in-student-debt/970345/45 "2022-08-26T15:17:01Z")

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Is it really possible to predict a student’s ability to repay a loan based on what they’re majoring in?

Did you see @Kimstu’s excellent post in the other thread?

> [@Thousands of dollars in student debt cancelled. Good news, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thousands-of-dollars-in-student-debt-cancelled-good-news-right/970242/195):
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> Huh? What I see from [looking at sites that actually show quantitative data about labor market outcomes for different majors](https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market/college-labor-market_compare-majors.html) is quite different from what your generic anti-social-sciences sneering suggests. In that list, the highest unemployment rate is for Physics majors (7.7%). The majors of Psychology (3.9%), Communications (3.6%), and Liberal Arts (4.3%; I don’t see a listing specifically for Gender Studies, possibly reflecting the fact that at many institutions it’s an academic minor but …

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