New law reduces the number of federal student loan repayment options and caps how much individuals can borrow for higher ...

Personal bankruptcies are up double digits in Cook County and nationwide as delinquencies rise and pandemic-era protections ...

With the expiration of pandemic-era relief measures, borrowers are struggling to make payments and keep up their credit ...

After five years, rules for federal student loans are back to the pre-pandemic norm, and millions of borrowers are suddenly adding a hefty monthly bill to their budgets. For future borrowers, those ...

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy's Educational Choice for Children Act tax credit, a provision included within the megabill, ...

Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores suffer now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student ...

While bankruptcy filings overall have been trending upwards during the first six months of the year, an uptick in individual ...

As college costs continue to outpace inflation, students and parents are shouldering more of the financial burden. Student debt has jumped by $3,000 in just one year, with the average now hitting $40, ...

Money owed on student loans has more than tripled, growing to $1.73 trillion from $520 billion since 2006. Ms. Koch graduated ...

Ever ask yourself what happens when the “pause” button on your student loans finally flips off after all those years? Here’s ...

A new analysis reveals a record number of student loan borrowers have payments 90 days or more past due, and many could be weeks away from defaulting.