Student Loans

With loan forgiveness in limbo, more employers are stepping up to address student debt. These companies will provide repayment assistance and they’re hiring.

With student loan forgiveness possibly on the horizon, here’s who could be included in a jubilee, and who may be left out.

A White House official said Monday night that “no decision has been made” about whether to extend it again. The official said Biden will make a decision before Aug. 31.

With student loan payments scheduled to resume in September, the Biden Administration has not yet made a decision about debt forgiveness or another postponement of the payment freeze. Cody Hounanian, executive director at the Student Debt Crisis Center, explains why he is optimistic that student debt cancelation will happen.

The Biden administration announced Wednesday it was moving to make sweeping changes to the federal student loan system.

You’re probably seeing some of the highest energy bills you’ve seen in years, and if you’re a college student, or thinking about going to college, soaring energy prices may impact you in more ways than you’d like. In the U.S., the cost of natural gas was 24 percent higher in February 2022 than it was in February 2021. And...

Is there any connection between surfing, student loans and grocery bags? NBC San Diego’s Dana Williams tries to find out in this episode of Connect the Dots.

The student loan payment pause could be extended again, but borrowers shouldn’t count on it. Instead, experts recommend they take these steps.

The U.S. Department of Education has agreed to cancel the student loans of around 200,000 people who had brought a class action lawsuit.

Blanket student loan forgiveness options are less effective in helping those who need it, data shows

Dartmouth is joining several of its Ivy League peers in adopting a no-loan policy.

Plans to forgive $10,000 of student debt will not cover all of what borrowers still owe. But the pause has been helpful for a very small percentage who are continuing to pay their loans through the pause — with those payments going fully toward the principal. CNBC’s Sharon Epperson explains.

The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain.

The Education Department has canceled around $6.8 billion in student debt for more than 110,000 borrowers through the public service loan forgiveness waiver.

Student loan borrowers who’ve been uncertain of the future of their debt for years will likely soon get an answer.

The White House was notably more measured about Biden’s stance, but such moves would be a boon to many of the 43 million Americans carrying student loans.

Over the last week, the Biden administration has dropped more hints that its decision on debt forgiveness could come before the midterms.

Here’s what borrowers need to know about the U.S. Department of Education’s plans to overhaul the student loan system.

A new federal report finds that record-keeping failures by the Education Department may have left thousands of Americans stuck with student debt that should have been forgiven.