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

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 ...

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

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

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 Senate’s version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed Tuesday would make significant changes to student loan programs, worrying advocates that borrowers will face higher monthly ...