Several million borrowers may lose access to affordable payments and eventual student loan forgiveness if they don’t take ...

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The Education Department has suspended certain collections efforts for student loans, giving borrowers some breathing room.

Federal Direct Loans are originated by the federal government and don’t come with credit criteria. Federal student loan rates for the 2025-2026 school year range from 6.39% to 8.94%. Consider maxing ...

Preston Cooper at AEI recently published an analysis of the latest federal student loan data, and the results were sobering: ...

Filing for bankruptcy to eliminate student loan debt has long been seen as nearly impossible - but changes in policy and ...

Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans are often the cheapest borrowing option, followed by Direct Plus Loans and private graduate student loans ...

Big changes are in store for the federal student loan program. President Trump’s tax and spending bill, which was signed into law last summer, ends a supplemental loan for graduate students and caps ...

On January 9, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published an overview examining the history and legislative evolution of federal student ...

Subsidized and unsubsidized federal student loans differ based on who pays interest while you’re in school, and come with different limits Written By Written by Staff Loans Writer, Buy Side Emily ...