Dominique Lopez, a senior studying nutrition, in her apartment in Austin on Feb. 2. (Photographer: Bobby Scheidemann for Bloomberg Businessweek)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- In 2015, Sabrina Martinez got into the University of Texas at Austin, the UT system’s flagship campus and its most selective. She was thrilled. Her parents, not so much. “They were just like ‘Nope. You can’t afford it. You shouldn’t go. Loans are ridiculous.’ ” They encouraged her to go to the cheaper University of Texas at El Paso, to which she could commute while living at home. “But I clicked ‘accept’ o...