There are over 42.3 million student loan borrowers that have a total of $1.81 trillion in student loan debt. Here is the average student loan debt balance by state. While the average balances across ...

Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, sweeping changes have been made to federal student debt relief ...

STUDENT LOANS, LISTEN UP. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHANGES BEING MADE TO REPAYMENT PLANS. AND THERE ARE SOME NEW PLANS AS WELL. IT’S ALL PART OF THE RECENTLY PASSED GOVERNMENT SPENDING BILL. THE ONE BIG ...

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A former Trump student-loan chief’s lawsuit could force the Education Department to repay wrongly defaulted borrowers.

With student loan default rates rising and legal obstacles emerging, where you live could put you in a better position to repay your debt. To determine the states where borrowers are best able to ...

Adults aged 30 to 39 held the most student loan debt in 2024. Two decades ago, that wasn’t the case. Here’s how student loan ...

But in the letter, Democrats say they’ve received reports from borrowers who suddenly had their tax refunds offset. It ...

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for an independent investigation into the Department of Government Efficiency’s alleged access to sensitive student loan data, raising questions about ...

If student loan repayment seems all but impossible, here's what could happen. June 7, 2014— -- intro: By some estimates, nearly one in three student loan borrowers in repayment are behind on ...