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Yes, I am in debt over undergrad and grad degrees. I'm on the thirty-year-plan to pay almost $50K.

I am currently in $51,156.00 worth of debt and climbing. I should be graduating by next spring, 2016. I got into debt because I wanted to go to...

I'm in debt due to the rising rates of living in Houston in comparision to the non-rising rate of my living wage. That and the effortless swipe of...

Buying camera equipment, software, getting laid off three years ago, home mortgage, etc.

Yes, I am in debt; I attain debt beause I want to have a degree.

I have not yet begun to go into significant debt. It is coming...

We are in debt as a result of our taking on a mortgage to finance the cost of our home, as well as a loan to finance the cost of our car. We are...

Yes, and I got it because the lack of cash and enough income; it pushed me to use the " plastic money"  to  move on.

Fortunately, I am not in debt. 

My family is in debt because we wanted to have a house to live in. It also seems like a normal way of life here in the US. So that's what you do--...

I found myself in debt when I purchased my first home a few years ago due to the rising cost of rental living. I still drive a 2003 vehicle to...

Yes, I am in debt. I received fairly good scholarships to start off college but many were one-time deals. Most of the next three years were paid...

I am fortunately not in debt. 

Yes. Massively in debt. Because I did not come from affluence yet wanted to have a good education.

I am in debt through The University of Texas at Austin. I do not have the money to pay for my for my education. Although that slip of paper is...

I am very much in debt. 90% of my total debt are student loans for undergrad and grad school. The only way I could attend college was to take out...

I got into debt when I took out student loans for Graduate School.

I fell into debt by paying for my education with student loans.

Mortgage.

Yes. Much of my debt is from attending university.

I have been a single mother for ten years. Raising two kids and returning to school, I took out the maximum amount of loans and charged many of my...

Yes. When I stopped working, I had credit cards and other bills that I was unable to pay every month.  

I am in debt. I work every month to pay off some of these debts. I try to put more money towards the loans that carry the most interest. I got...

No debt. I spend only what I earn.

I used federal loans to help pay for college. I looked out-of-state for a school with a worthwhile balance of quality and affordability. Even with...

Loans and credit cards mainly from graduate school, but I have used a credit card to pay for a show.

Yes, I'm in debt because of my school loans. 

Yes, I am in debt. About 10 years ago, after I left the field of accounting to pursue art and music, my debt grew as my cash flow reduced and...

Yes, absolutely in debt...cost of living, cost of making art and not selling enough of it.

Technically yes. I am halfway through a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, so I still have to pay $75 per month for a couple more years, but my payments used...

 I first got in to debt when my financial aid didn’t kick in and was forced not to go to school. My mother didn’t want that, so she paid for my...

I am attempting to pay for graduate school on my own with a small inhertance I received. School almost ran those funds dry, so I had to use my...

Not in a typical sense. I was lucky enough to have parents help cover much of the cost of my schooling. I'm acutely aware many are not so lucky....

I'm sometimes in debt. Other times, I'm not in debt. It comes and goes. I'm a much nicer person when I'm debt-free.

I am only in debt for my school loans and my car at this point. I got those debts for going to undergraduate and graduate school (although on...

Yes. Taking out loans to complete a graduate degree that would allow me to teach at the college level.

Yes. I went to school. Private art school, specifically.

I am a little over 40,000 dollars in debt. This debt comes from one semester in a masters program (that did not turn out to be at all what I...

I am in debt. I have a mortgage that I can afford for a house that's perfectly fine for two people and two dogs. I bought a four-cylinder truck...

I made a personal decision to pursue a Master in Fine Art from a private institution from 2010-2012. For my creative development, pursuing an...

As a student at a four-year university, I have acquired great debt. I was not blessed with ample financial support from my guardians and so was...

I bought a car.

Yes, from the perceived need to afford the tools, education, and experience allowing me to be taken seriously as an artist.

I am in over $70,000 in debt with student loans, a few private loans, and credit cards. The private loans and credit cards were taken out just to...

An unfinished art degree is the majority of my debt, because I didn't have financial support from my parents for college, though they encouraged...

I am not currently in debt to any banks or school, thanks to my loving parents, fincancial aid, and spending summers working two waitressing  jobs...

I am heavily in debt right now mainly because of my loans from grad school. I didn't have much of a choice, so I chose to do that. I also have...

My current debt is planned and currently managed fairly well and creatively. However, at any time, a health problem, or a homeowner (condo, really...

I got into debt by the cost of living and materials.

Yes, mostly student loans, with some credit card debt accrued mainly while I was in school or moving. I also have car debt from when my car...

Well, I'm not getting any younger so I decided to go in debt for art supplies and to finance exhibits of my artwork. So far, my work has been well...

An emphatic yes. My current job provides fulfilling work and the pay is decent, but it will not be the job that helps me pay off my staggering...

I’m in debt with school loans that I took out to finish my Bachelor’s degree. I’m realistic, I know I picked an art career for the love of it, not...

I got into 6K of credit card debt first working at an art college as darkroom staff. I was able to pay that off when I transitioned into art...

I am in debt; I heard school was a good thing to go to, took out some loans--"you can't put a price on education". I didn't try and pay anything...

I am no longer in debt, but I had to make a lot of sacrifices to get out of debt, which has only been for a little more then a year. My debt was...

He was always more focused on being an artist in the present than on long-term planning for his old age. Well, to be honest, he was also without...

I am not in debt.

No.

I got into debt by funding my education with student loans in order to be the first in my family to complete a collage education.

I am not in debt and hope not to be. Oh...wait, I do owe a lot of medical bills that I can't possibly pay. Does this put me in debt? Maybe I am in...

I got into debt the same as most people in my generation: attending an institution of higher learning to set up a better future for myself. I took...

I'm in debt. I have 20,000 dollars worth of it. My debt was accrued through student loans while attending University of Houston and making...

I still owe on student loans from my undergraduate school, and I recently bought a house. The mortgage is overwhelming, but it was in important...

Yes, I am in debt. I went into debt because I thought that's what I had to do to get an education. I took out a combination of private and federal...

I got into debt mainly from shows and having to purchase film and equipment. Mounting prints is very expensive. For an exhibition I had this year...

I sometimes borrow money, but I don't think of myself as being "in debt." I think of debt as a financial tool; you borrow money to enact some plan...

I went to a private art school that was a five-year college at the time I enrolled. I knew that I had to go to college and that everyone took out...

Although the amount in debt seems relatively small, my annual income as a part-time faculty doesn't allow me to pay any of it off; it just...

I do not consider myself to be in major debt. But I know there are many things I really need done that would put me in at least a 5-7 year debt....

I am not in debt financially. I am lucky that my parents paid for my art education and they continue to support me financially and in every other...

It has been a journey and a series of decisions that led me to where I am today, both financially and with relation to my art.

I took students loans in order to get through college, and I have been studying for the past four years hoping to get better income with a BS...

Yes I am in debt of a Chinese bank, because living in Houston I must have a car and that is not my budget before I came here.

Debt affects my practice by limiting what I am able to consider and the risks I'm able to take. I got in debt supporting art projects.

 JG: I have just under $100,000 in student loan debt. I was able to pay for my first year of college by saving up for several years while working...

Yes, I'm in debt. I am in debt due to taking out a combination of private and public student loans to attend a four year private university art...

I am in no debt, despite never having a job that allows me to accumulate savings. I attended private college but have no student loans, because my...

I am about $140,000 in debt right now, thanks to student loans. And that number is growing all the time. I owe $90,000 to Sallie Mae for interior...

Yes, I am in debt from my undergraduate degree at a private art college to the tune of about $70,000.  I didn't amass much debt for my MFA because...

I am in debt for about $140,000. This is actually down from a high of $240,000 incurred in the development of a digital panoramic camera during...

Yes, $5,260.26 + $40,000$3,501 on one credit card, $559.12 on a second credit card, $1,200 in debt to my girlfriend who paid half my studio rent...

I feel as if I will always be in debt. I owe approximately 120,000 dollars for undergraduate and graduate education. 

My financial debt is fortunately minimal in scale and mostly stems from financing art projects and production of my work (currently to the tune of...

Sure I’m in debt! Ignorance is bliss so I’m not exactly sure how deeply but here’s a rough idea: My partner and I have a mortgage so we’ll be in...

I am in approximately $14,500 in debt. I got in that debt mostly by living beyond my means, and using credit cards or personal loans. I really do...

Guns & Butter radio broadcast from presentation to the Public Banking...

Yes, We are about $60,000 in debt for a new van we use for business. And property debt. The property debt is for a parcel of adjoining land to our...

My economic reality has had a tremendous affect on my art practice. Presently I am lucky to be able to make art in the Brooklyn Workshop Gallery....

I am paying off the combinded student loan debt of my BFA and MFA.  I currently owe approximately $26,000 to Sallie Mae of the $38,000 I borrowed...

I took out a $30,000 student loan to pay for undergrad. That was after I got a "full scholarship"... becuase apparently in financial aid speak...

Of course. Roughly, $140,000. $50,000 of that is from Sallie Mae. Her chunk gives me the most cold sores. I was pretty dumb in undergraduate...

$150,000 plus. This includes the total costs of education from attending two top-tier private art colleges and pursuing a second graduate degree...

Yes. $141,889.87 Don’t ask me how.

Shit!! I’m in that much debt???? Yep, $193,941.23 to be exact.

I owe it all to FedLoan Servicing. Lucky bastards.

Growing up on the...

hell yes i am in debt, and how! all together, my undergrad debt is hovering at around $80,000 (stafford loan $4k, perkins loan $18k, private...

I am approximately 70,000 in debt from grad school, on the 30 year payment plan.  On one hand, the lower payments have kept me from having to...

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