My parents are low middle class. We didn’t qualify for any financial aid and they were tasked with trying to find a way to send both my sister and I to college which they couldn’t afford.
So what did we do? Take out a bunch of loans. Good thing I got a decent job that can pay for them. Too bad for my sister who had a masters and is making $35k as a teacher in Tennessee which is barely more than minimum wage.
If it's a public school, those loans should begin falling off after five years and be forgiven after ten [1].
[1] https://www.forbes.com/advisor/student-loans/teacher-student...