New York Democratic Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez has introduced a bill that would assist arts workers nationwide in paying down their student debt, for as much as $10,000. If you work in art education or other professional fields within the arts and your work benefits seniors, children, or adolescents, the American Arts Revival Act could help get you out of the red.
Those who earned college-level degrees in the fields of art, music, or design borrowed an average of nearly $22,000, according to Velázquezs announcement of the bill. The announcement cited statistics from a Wall Street Journal article based on Department of Education data. Moreover, the median debt for liberal arts college graduates is a little more than that…
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