Student Loans

At nearly $1.5 trillion, student loan debt is at an all-time high. Here's what that means for student loan borrowers.

More than half a million people have signed on to a Change.org petition urging President Trump to sign an executive order to cancel all student loans as analysts from the Levy Institute have predicted that cancelling student loans could increase GDP by an average of $86 billion to $108 billion per year.

Roughly $330 million in debt for 35,000 students who attended the now-shuttered ITT Tech will be canceled thanks to a settlement in conjunction with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the attorneys general of nearly 50 states announced this week.

Borrowers selecting 10-year fixed-rate loans in August prequalified for rates averaging 4.31%.

As you enter the workforce after graduation, you should get started on the right financial path. Here are six tips to help you manage your money wisely.

U.S. consumer borrowing rose by a solid 3.6% in July, the second monthly gain after the coronavrius pandemic had sent borrowing down sharply in the previous three months.

Borrowing with a cosigner can make private student loans more affordable. Read on to find out three benefits of taking out private student loans with a cosigner.

The program would help fill the hundreds of thousands of positions that will be needed in the coming years to develop the massive 2016 oil discovery in the Permian Basin, located in West Texas and New Mexico.

Paying for your child’s college education shouldn’t sacrifice your future.

Here are three reasons why you should pay student loans under coronavirus forbearance.

Robert F. Smith, who promised to pay the college debt of Morehouse College’s class of 2019, has started another program to ease the burden of student debt.

The reprieve comes as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which prompted an unprecedented shutdown of the U.S. economy

A Treasury auction on Tuesday will help determine rates for the coming school year.

While often discouraged by financial planners, more debt might be a necessity given the depths of economic hardship wrought by the pandemic.

How to prioritize your bills if you are among the millions filing for unemployment because of coronavirus-related layoffs.

The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Monday it would backstop an unprecedented range of credit for households, small businesses and major employers in an attempt to stop the economy from sliding into depression as the coronavirus spreads.

Over the last two decades alone, the average cost of private colleges within the United States has increased dramatically.

Tens of millions of borrowers will be affected, according to the Department of Education.

LendingTree CEO Doug Lebda admitted he's talked to business owners who say coronavirus is having "a major, major impact" on them, especially if their companies' supply chains are in Asia.

Wondering, “Can I switch my student loan servicer?" Learn about your options, including consolidation and refinancing.