Student Loan Debt Free

We graduated from college 11 years and 9 months ago.  It seems like a lifetime ago.  Alex and I left our undergraduate experience at K-State with a combined 9 years of education and $50,000 in student loans. Since our undergraduate days, I acquired a master's degree as a reading specialist from Washburn University, and Alex graduated with a master's degree in civil engineering from K-State.  We paid those degrees off long ago, but the undergraduate portions have lingered on.

I am thrilled to say as of February 11, 2016, we have paid off all secondary-education debts!  Woohoo just doesn't even describe it.  The end of a chapter, and a welcomed end at that!

Our financial planner just told us it will cost us a combined total of $500,000 to put our three children through a secondary education in the coming years.  I just can't imagine.  We have long ago established funds for each of them to help.  My only hope is that he is seriously wrong about the projected cost of a secondary education in 2027.