NPR has spent the past few weeks catching up with student loan experts and asking the Trump administration for clarity on ...

President Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, sparking concerns over curriculum, loans ...

In deciding which student loans to pay off first, consider factors such as loan type, interest rates, and repayment terms.

As delinquent student loans begin showing up on credit reports for the first time since the pandemic, millions of borrowers ...

Federal student aid doesn’t always cover the cost of college, and some students might turn to private student loans to bridge ...

Experts expect more borrowers to default on their student loans without access to pandemic-era safeguards and affordable ...

Over 9 million student loan borrowers are delinquent. Learn how missed payments hurt credit scores and may trigger wage ...

After months of Republican backlash against a Biden-era plan, the Department of Education suspended four of the agency’s ...

Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR)—determines payments as either 20 percent of discretionary income or a fixed amount over 12 ...

More than 600 positions have been eliminated from the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid office, internal ...

If your federal student loan hasn't yet entered repayment, you won't be eligible to enroll in a repayment plan yet. Repayment ...

The Fed reports that a delinquency on a student loan payment can lower a person's credit score by 171 points. Those with ...