The relevant portion for most of us is that the program would forgive the remaining loans of those in "public service" positions after 10 years of qualified payments (rather than 25), although I assume most people would have paid off the balance by then, thus gaining no real benefit. One thing I have wondered about is how much of debt load the typical mpa/mpp grad student takes on, which rarely seems to be mentioned here or elsewhere. Because the mpa degree is considered "professional" in nature, it is rare to recieve full funding, even though the projected salary of an mpa graduate is much lower than that of many of the other "professional" degrees. I have been offered a 75% tuition fellowship by the only school of heard from thus far, but I will still have a substantial debt load, due to the cost of living without employment. I have gotten the impression that even having 75% of your tuition paid is not typical, with most people receiving less or even nothing at all (and I do not expect to receive the same generous package from other schools.) What is everyone's take on this?