Saddled with student loans? Here’s how to clarify your financial goals, make smart payment strategies, and seek forgiveness resources to clear the debt.

Setting aside the wisdom of this as a policy, it’s particularly ill-timed, given the precarious state of the economy. Put ...

To avoid taking on more debt than you need to, experts advise taking out low-interest loans and understanding your loan terms ...

The Biden administration tried to get a lot of student loans forgiven. The Trump administration is going in a different ...

The student loans are federal student loans with a minimum payment of $140 per month. If the Redditor makes the minimum payment, he’ll be paying the debt back for 15 years, and he says he doesn ...

In all, some 42 million borrowers owe more than $1.6 trillion in student debt, according to the DOE. If the borrowers currently in late-stage delinquency were to default on their own loans, it would ...

If you have a high interest rate on your student loans, it is probably best to prioritize paying them off. If you are in a loan forgiveness program or have a low interest rate, you may want to ...

Yet a staggering number of borrowers are not paying. Just 38% of borrowers are in current repayment, down from around 60% pre-pandemic, according to Nelnet, the largest federal student loan servicer.

The Trump administration suggested that after five years, borrowers have had enough time to start paying off their loans. Still, the new financial reality is hitting several students like a ton of ...

WASHINGTON – Since the COVID-19 pandemic, federal student loan borrowers have been mostly protected from the harshest consequences of not paying back their loans. That's about to change ...

Borrowers in default must ask their loan servicer to be placed into such a program. Typically, servicers ask for proof of ...