New federal loan caps and plan overhauls demand smart strategies. Here's how to keep your payments manageable now.

Student loan default doesn’t mean your credit is ruined for life. While missed payments and a default will show up on your credit report and certainly do decrease your credit score, there are steps ...

The best student loan without a co-signer is a federal direct subsidized or unsubsidized student loan. The subsidized version—on which the government pays the interest during certain periods ...

Achieve reports on strategies to reduce student loans, including IDR plans, refinancing, and loan forgiveness options.

To prepare for repayment following a deferment, you'll want to choose a repayment plan before payments resume, set up autopay ...

It will kick back in on Aug. 1 for people in the SAVE repayment program, whose payments have been on hold since last summer.

If your federal student loan hasn't yet entered repayment, you won't be eligible to enroll in a repayment plan. Repayment starts six months after graduation or if your enrollment drops below half-time ...

Joe Biden made student loan debt relief a top domestic priority. Under Donald Trump, the pendulum has swung wildly in the opposite direction.