Social work majors might struggle to get student loans. University endowments would be more heavily taxed. But students in ...

Congress is on the verge of greenlighting new restrictions capping how much graduate students will be able to borrow from the ...

Proposed federal student loan caps would limit how much parents can borrow to help pay for their children's college.

Student loans generally aren’t affected by the Fed rate unless you borrow money from a private lender: Congress sets federal loan rates based on the 10-year Treasury yield.

Students and families borrowing money for college will get a slight reprieve for the upcoming school year. The interest rate for undergraduate federal student loans disbursed between July 1, 2025 ...

The last time interest rates dropped for federal student loans was for the 2020-21 school year, when the undergraduate rate fell from 4.53% the previous year to 2.75%. Rates have ticked back up ...

President Trump's executive order to dismantle the Department of Education included moving the $1.6 trillion federal student loan portfolio "to an entity equipped to serve America's students." The ...

Overall, more than 1.24 million New Jersey residents hold $46.6 billion in federal student loans, the 11th highest balance in the nation, federal Education Department data shows.

Currently, federal student loans are issued by the U.S. Department of Education through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. However, recent efforts by the Trump administration suggest ...