The Education Department quietly announced that there are no plans to restore a tracker that had allowed borrowers to assess ...

The government plans to seize portions of borrowers' paychecks to the cover defaulted debts. Here's what you should do now to ...

While some routes to loan discharges have been blocked or delayed in 2025, the Department of Education has still granted borrowers billions of dollars in forgiveness.

Note that the situation for student loans has changed due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and relief efforts from the government, student loan lenders and others. Check out our Student Loan ...

For most federal student loans, default status starts after 270 days—about nine months—of nonpayment. Once a loan is in ...

SALT LAKE CITY — An announcement from the Trump administration this week is putting about 5 million Americans on a very short timeline. The U.S. Department of Education announced it will resume ...

The Trump administration's push for efficiency could result in student-loan borrowers receiving the bare minimum of service just as millions of them need help staying on track Student-loan borrowers ...

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference as the government shutdown continues in Washington, DC on November 5, 2025. Schumer ultimately ...

Student loan default doesn’t mean your credit is ruined for life. While missed payments and a default will show up on your credit report and certainly do decrease your credit score, there are steps ...

The Federal Bank of New York just released a new report that claims one in five-or 18%-of student loan borrowers over the age of 50 have "serious delinquency" when it comes to their bills, often ...

Learn about the different types of graduate student loans.

High school seniors planning to attend college in the fall of 2026, as well as their families, will have restricted access to ...