The initiative reports total student loan debt in the U.S. is $1.753 trillion, a huge figure, although the total shrank by a small amount in 2023.

New federal student loan borrowers seem to be doing better than older borrowers, as they have been able to enroll in the best ...

Federal student loan borrowers are struggling so much to pay their loan bills that it’s beginning to have an impact on the average credit score for the entire country. The national average ...

The Senate’s version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed Tuesday would make significant changes to student loan ...

Many student loan borrowers are in for a big, bad surprise in 2025. Jordan Weissmann ... or don’t really know why their loans haven’t been collected over the last four years,” said ...

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac require at least a 620 middle FICO credit score. So, no conventional loan for you. One alternative is FHA financing, as it will go down to 580 with 3.5% ...

A new book shows how federal higher education funding's high ideals often ran aground. But there are solutions to the crisis.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has acknowledged that she lacks the legal authority to dismantle the Education Department.

“Student loan delinquencies have only just started showing up in the credit report again as of February,” he said. That month alone, 2.7 million federal student loan borrowers had new late ...