SARASOTA - Keith Fratantaro maxed out his student loans a year before he is scheduled to graduate from the Ringling College of Art & Design in spring 2016. The 22-year-old photography senior has taken out $150,000 in student loans, or about $50,000 each year for three years. Because he cannot take out student loans his senior year, his father took out an additional loan through a firefighter credit union and Fratantaro took a job at the campus bookstore to pay for housing and other expenses. Still, he said his degree will be worth the cost. “Once you graduate, you graduate with the name ‘Ringling’ and all the hype that surrounds it,” Fratantaro said. “It shows...
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