Benji Buddy app for iPhone and iPad


4.5 ( 7785 ratings )
Finance Education
Developer: Technology Ripples LLC
Free
Current version: 2.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 16 May 2013
App size: 6.82 Mb

Benji Buddy is an iOS app that helps to easily compare the costs of multiple colleges against one another while at the same time gauging the earnings potential of a selected career against your student loan debt.

The goal is to provide a tool for prospective students and parents to examine their financial options when considering borrowing student loans for college. We let the user visualize their choices by providing the tools to turn data into actionable information.

Users can save their searches, change any of the variables and calculate their debt to income ratio to get into the dollars and cents of college planning.

Main Features:

*Search salary data on over 800 occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
*Search over 4,000 colleges and universities by name or State and sort the schools by graduation rate.
* Look up information such as tuition cost, graduation rate, and more.
*Compare Financial Aid Offers from multiple colleges in a standard and user friendly interface
* Calculate your debt to income ratio and determine an appropriate level of student loan debt
*Look up colleges based on your Facebook friends