If you finish the article...you never find out what his line of study was. We can be assured that it was some sort of “studies” since the $350/MONTH payment is going to be some sort of financial hardship.
He he majored in something meaningful like engineering or a hard science like physics or math, he would have a remunerative job where $350/month is not a major hardship.
Further, he says he was able to “save up” for a down payment on a house that he wants to use as an investment vehicle.
He needs to take that money, pay off his debt, and plan a different trajectory for his life.
Someone who can make a living on a single college degree majored in engineering, accounting or something with real world application, therefore they live and work in the real world.
He spells it out in another article that is linked in this article. He has a journalism degree making $55K living somewhere in NYC. That is paycheck to paycheck living for NYC.