Many Americans are struggling with their student loans and millions are heading toward a default cliff, with potentially ...

The program lowered monthly payments significantly, in some cases to zero, and fast-tracked loan forgiveness for low-income ...

While many see exclusion from the Department of Education's list of professional degrees as a loss of status and access, ...

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Key Points ・With Grad PLUS ending for new loans after July 1, 2026, the new federal caps ($20,500 for graduate students and $50,000 for professional students) may create large gaps in high-cost ...

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Many states have nonprofit lenders that may be an appealing option after you've maxed out your federal student loans.

Borrowers scored a victory after a federal judge rejected a request by the Education Department to delay student loan forgiveness processing for 200,000 borrowers.

Under new rules proposed by the Trump administration, students in graduate programs deemed professional could borrow up to ...

Yale University is offering a new student loan option to fill gaps created by the Trump administration's looming changes to the federal student loan system, the Yale School of Public Health announced ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Summer 2025 magazine. You can subscribe here. It took decades to happen but Texas has joined the ranks of states where parents can support their ...

See how subsidized and unsubsidized federal student loans can differ ...