Experts tout a 10-year timeline for clearing education debt. In reality, millions of Americans are paying off student loans for decades.

Next to a mortgage, student loans might be the largest debt you carry in your life. In early 2026, U.S. borrowers with ...

If you have multiple types of student loans, such as different kinds of federal loans along with private debt, trying to figure out how best to tackle all of it can feel overwhelming. In many cases, ...

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Managing and paying off student loans can be a miserable, decades-long slog that forces some borrowers to put off major milestones — such as buying a house or a new car — for years. Sometimes forever.

I finally made the last payment on my student loans. It's been hard paying for a career I left years ago.