For student loan borrowers, relief is finally here – on Oct. 17, the Department of Education launched its student loan ...

The Biden administration is moving forward with its plan to ease student loan debt in the U.S. Here's what you need to know.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Farrington writes about higher education and student loans. For the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

Republican lawmakers on Monday introduced a proposal to overhaul the nation's student loan system, including eliminating a popular repayment plan that had helped millions save money on their debt ...

Payment shock from the end of pandemic loan protections, plan adjustments and higher living costs could push millions of federal student loan borrowers into default. Federal student loan default, ...

Student borrowers in America owe their lenders a combined $1.76 trillion, according to the Education Data Initiative. With that much money changing hands, you can count on criminals to try to siphon ...

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

Roughly 3.6 million student loan borrowers are in default on their federal student loans, with the average age nearing 40, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. Borrowers scored a major victory on Wednesday after a federal ...

After a roughly five-year hiatus, student loan borrowers are once again seeing their credit scores plunge if they fall behind on payments. Economists say it could be bad news for borrowers and the ...

Student loan borrowers who haven't paid their debt now face seeing their wages garnished, Social Security benefits reduced, and more as debt collection resumes in 2025. A five-year break that began as ...

Andrea Murzello has a doctorate in pharmacy and a stable job at a nonprofit. But she says she can’t afford to grow her family — not under the Trump administration’s latest student loan policy shift.