<prompt> Human: I have been accepted to one of the U.S.s best graduate schools. I plan on getting two masters degrees in Social Work and Public Administration, with the goal of working in nonprofit administration. This year, I received no funding from scholarships and my family is not in the position to help me. Every cent of this besides what I earn from work will be loans, and this year its estimated to be somewhere around 55k to 60k alone. Its a three-year joint dual masters degree program, and if I go through with it and graduate on time, Ill have earned myself a total of 200k in student loans. This is obviously my worst nightmare. I know exactly what I want to do, and its gonna cost me my firstborn son to do it. I applied to other schools, and they didnt give me funding either. Social work is usually a pretty broke department, so despite my being a highly qualified student in the words of my admissions counselor, Im shit-out-of-luck. My only hope is to earn scholarships along the way and drop down to in-state tuition after living in the state for a year, but that takes off maybe 20k off of my final amount in loans. The other problem is that I have no idea how much MSWMPAs earn, but I know MSWs hardly make anything, while MPAs certainly dont earn 200kyear.Im thinking since I want to work in the nonprofit arena anyway, I could pursue the public service loan forgiveness and work towards that for ten years. But Im not sure if this is feasible. Please tell me if Im seeing reason or if Im insane. Edit: Thank you guys for your frank advice! I needed people to stop hemming and hawing and give me the real disaster scenario this is. Im thinking graduate school, at least with this financial aid package, is not for me.  <response>: So 1500-2000 a month repayment forever. Seems like a spectacularly bad idea. 