{"podcast":{"title":"The College Investor Audio Show","slug":"the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","podcast_index_feed_id":414113,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-college-investor/","website_url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f3c20c77-1ea5-4d2e-a65a-e87b0a5c9f68/college-investor-podcast-cover-c1.png","author":"The College Investor","episode_count":1036,"summary":"The College Investor podcast is a daily audio show that's dedicated to bringing you the best of TheCollegeInvestor.com. We discuss a variety of topics, all relating to millennial money - including student loan debt, investing, earning more money, and more! Robert Farrington, the founder of The College Investor and a Millennial Money Expert, shares how to get out of student loan debt so that you can start investing and building wealth for the future. Instead of cutting expenses and living a frugal life, he advocates side hustling and entrepreneurship to earn extra money to achieve your financial goals.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:09.903988+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113"},"episode":{"title":"UC Irvine Cuts MBA Tuition to $99,000 to Slip Under New Federal Loan Cap","slug":"uc-irvine-cuts-mba-tuition-to-99-000-to-slip-under-new-federal-loan-cap","published_at":"2026-05-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/uc-irvine-cuts-mba-tuition-to-99-000-to-slip-under-new-federal-loan-cap","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com/80372/uc-irvine-cuts-mba-tuition-to-99000-to-slip-under-new-federal-loan-cap/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/54de8e0f-d653-450e-9721-3ad44a08dcec.mp3","summary":"UC Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business is cutting tuition on its Flex MBA program by $30,000 and its Executive MBA by $48,000 starting this fall — a reduction of up to 38%. The school is openly framing the move as a response to new federal graduate borrowing limits that take effect July 1, 2026. However, this move raises more questions than answers. Why it matters: At the new $99,000 price tag, Merage's Flex MBA squeaks in just below the $100,000 lifetime aggregate cap on federal graduate borrowing established by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The school's pitch: \" University of California MBA is priced within reach of government loan limits — making a world-class degree not just aspirational, but truly attainable. \" This is one of the first explicit examples of a business school repricing a degree around the new federal lending rules.","meta_description":"UC Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business is cutting tuition on its Flex MBA program by $30,000 and its Executive MBA by $48,000 starting this fall — a r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":343,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/episodes/uc-irvine-cuts-mba-tuition-to-99-000-to-slip-under-new-federal-loan-cap/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/uc-irvine-cuts-mba-tuition-to-99-000-to-slip-under-new-federal-loan-cap.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}