The Trump administration’s efforts to limit student loan forgiveness under a popular federal program for public servants is facing a major new legal test this week ...
Leaders at Navient and Sallie Mae said that Trump's sweeping student-loan repayment changes will be a boon to their private ...
・Federal student loans still offer stronger protections, but changes to repayment programs, especially for parents, changes the dynamic. ・Private student loans can offer lower rates for creditworthy ...
If you don’t understand it, that’s not your fault. It’s just phenomenally complicated,” says Winston Berkman-Breen, legal director at Protect Borrowers.
Student loan rates have continued to hold steady over the last week. As of February 10, 2026, private student loan lenders are offering fixed rates as low as 2.69% APR and variable rates starting as ...
The U.S. Department of Education plans to end a student loan debt forgiveness program used by millions of Americans. The feds said Dec. 9 that they had reached a proposed court settlement to kill the ...
Even though lawsuits restricted federal student loan forgiveness, thousands of borrowers still received forgiveness in 2025.
Many Americans are trying to juggle student loan payments with their other monthly expenses. The median student loan balance is between $20,000 and $25,000, according to the Federal Reserve’s Report ...
As of Q3 2025, early-stage delinquencies, late-stage delinquencies, and gross charge-offs stand at 3.49%, 1.71%, and 2.71%, respectively. Forbearance utilization is well within the pre-pandemic ...
The Education Department’s massive overhaul of student loans entered the final stage of a lengthy administrative process with ...
The federal student loan program has some big changes on the way, impacting current borrowers and those in repayment. Most of the changes take effect on July 1, 2026, as per new provisions in the One ...
In addition to federal student loan forgiveness options, all states in the U.S. have a debt forgiveness program to help struggling students.