Key Points ・Deferment lets borrowers pause federal student loan payments during hardship or unemployment, often without ...

Key Points ・Forbearance lets you pause student loan payments temporarily but interest continues to accrue during that time.

Sometimes, life gets in the way of making your student loan payments. Maybe you have faced an unexpected job loss that shrinks down your budget to the bare essentials. Or perhaps you are going back to ...

The Department of Education announced last week that borrowers who have met the qualifying payment count under Income-Based ...

If you’ve got student debt to repay, you’re not alone. An estimated 42.7 million Americans are in the same boat. It’s easy to stress over student loans, but take a deep breath. You just need a plan to ...

The millions of Americans with student loans, who have already experienced whiplash in federal policy since the pandemic, must again brace for change. The "big, beautiful bill" that President Trump ...

The Department of Education has shut down but for most former and current college and university students, it's business as usual.