The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2026-27 school year has officially opened. Jill Desjean from the ...

For the fall school term, you should apply for private student loans between May and July. Give yourself about two months for processing ahead of tuition payment deadlines, which are typically in ...

Federal student loan borrowers are being shut out of the most affordable repayment plans as the Education Department grapples with a sweeping court order. The department has stopped accepting and ...

The U.S. Department of Education has removed the online application for income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, preventing borrowers from enrolling, recertifying or adjusting their repayment terms ...

The Department of Education has shut down but for most former and current college and university students, it's business as usual.

The good news for student loan borrowers is that they can once again submit applications for income-driven repayment plans, student loan forgiveness, and federal loan consolidation. Additionally, a ...

When 29-year-old William Kelly logged on to check the status of his student loan this fall, he didn't find answers. "If you go to the website and you try to access things like the state of your ...

Borrowers can apply for income-driven repayment plans again. Servicers will start processing the applications by May 10. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

The federal cap on the amounts people can borrow means some of them will fall short. That’s especially true for students in professional schools. By Ron Lieber Ron Lieber took out his first student ...

Courtney Johnston led the CNET Money team and worked closely with the consumer insights data team. Before CNET, she worked as a graduate writing instructor at the University of Indianapolis and ...