How much are you spending per month? Surely there are things you could cut.
I recommend setting up a Mint.com account and taking a look at your monthly expenses. You might be surprised at how much you're spending on, say, restaurants or fast food per month.
Any savings can be paid right toward the loan as additional principal. (Note that your loan may have a prepayment penalty; you'll want to check before you begin sending in more than the expected payment.)
Why? Is that actually what you get paid each month or are there are issues (family, medical etc)? If not, you can definitely get a better job than that, especially in IT!
I recommend setting up a Mint.com account and taking a look at your monthly expenses. You might be surprised at how much you're spending on, say, restaurants or fast food per month.
In general, I would also recommend reading http://mrmoneymustache.com/ for good ideas on ways to lower your expenses. Here's the uber-post containing the most basic (and most effective) ideas: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2013/02/22/getting-rich-from-...
Any savings can be paid right toward the loan as additional principal. (Note that your loan may have a prepayment penalty; you'll want to check before you begin sending in more than the expected payment.)
Edit: According to https://commonbond.co/blog/the-truth-behind-student-loan-pre... , no federal student loans have prepayment penalties, and it is illegal for private student loans to charge them as well as of 2008.