For my capstone project I would like to focus on the issue of student loan debt in America. Student debt is a massive number that keeps rising in America and the shift in the price of college tuition has grown tremendously in the last 30 years. This topic is relevant to me and many people in school or who want to go to school. Also this personally affects many people I know.
For my first piece of media I want to create an infographic that nicely presents the facts about student debt. Facts like the total student debt in America, the average debt per student, the cost of tuition, things that contribute to student debt, etc.
For my second media I would like to create an animation. Since in my infographic I’m already presenting the facts about student debt, I want to use my animation to talk about ways to minimize student debt with scholarships, FAFSA, and other programs. Along with talking about the programs, I would include how to apply to the programs and emphasize the importance of signing up before the deadlines. These projects relate together because they are on the same line of subject matter. They both address that student debt is a problem. The infographic presents facts in an easy nice to read way. Instead of using the animation to present the same facts again, I would use it to present different facts which would be instead to help student debt, instead of only telling you about student debt.
Currently Americans owe a combined $1.5 trillion on their federal student loans, which has nearly tripled since the $514 billion owed 10 years ago.
— kamra (@xokaaaay) October 25, 2018
Private student loans on the other hand add up to around 64.2 billion dollars.
— kamra (@xokaaaay) October 25, 2018
45% of recent graduates have student debt.
— kamra (@xokaaaay) October 25, 2018
62.5% of Americans who are 30 or older have student loan debt.
— kamra (@xokaaaay) October 25, 2018
In-state tuition and fees at public National Universities have increased by 243% in the last 20 years.
— kamra (@xokaaaay) October 25, 2018