When you take out a student loan, your lender sends funds directly to your school. After your school deducts what’s needed to pay for expenses such as tuition and room and board, it will disburse any ...

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

If you have student loans, you've likely noticed just how much the rules around forgiveness have changed lately. From the restart of previously paused payments to sweeping overhauls of repayment plans ...

Many changes to student loans will happen on specific dates over the course of the next three years. Here’s a breakdown.

As the cost of tuition, housing and books continues to rise, it's becoming increasingly difficult for many students to pay out of pocket for college. Right now, for example, the average cost of ...

The Repayment Assistance Plan will replace existing income-driven repayment plans starting in 2026. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...

A number of things changed for 529 plans in 2019 with the SECURE Act, and then again in 2022 with the SECURE Act 2.0. One of ...

FILE - New graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in New Jersey in this 2018 file photo. Mark Herz: This is GBH's Morning Edition. Starting this Friday, August 1st, ...

It may be possible to use personal loans to pay off student loans, though not all lenders allow this. Refinancing federal student loans to a personal loan eliminates access to income-driven repayment ...

The Trump administration has announced it will resume collection efforts on defaulted federal student loans starting in early May. Defaulted student loans have not been collected since March 2020 when ...