It’s a new year for student loans, and big changes are happening that will impact millions of borrowers across the country.

The reasoning behind the proposed changes to "professional degree" programs is to put pressure on universities to lower ...

Major new updates announced by the Education Department this month could impact millions of Americans with federal student ...

Millions of borrowers who are behind can expect the government to tighten repayment options this year. Experts say take ...

A look ahead at the federal policies taking effect in 2026 that will shape how students and families pay for college.

While some routes to loan discharges have been blocked or delayed in 2025, the Department of Education has still granted borrowers billions of dollars in forgiveness.

KEY TAKEAWAYS The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" introduced several changes to student loans that will take effect in 2026, ...

Preston Cooper at AEI recently published an analysis of the latest federal student loan data, and the results were sobering: 5.5 million borrowers in default, another 3.7 million more than 270 days ...

The federal Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, will be the newest student loan repayment plan. President Donald Trump’s “big, ...

A provision that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free is expiring in 2026. It could put borrowers on the hook for thousands ...

Student-loan borrowers will begin to see the effects of Trump's changes to repayment and borrowing in July 2026.

Learn about the different types of graduate student loans.