It’s especially important to understand repayment options, experts on student borrowing say, because aspects of the federal ...

After years of steady increases and record highs, federal student loan interest rates will finally soften this summer — making college slightly more affordable for student borrowers in the upcoming ...

Experts generally recommend that private student loan borrowing be considered a last resort after students have exhausted ...

In a recent court filing, the Education Dept. disclosed that 1,985,726 income-driven repayment plan applications were still pending as of the end of April.

Myriad important open questions remain that were not addressed in the Department of Education’s update. Among the most salient: How Big Is The Student Loan Payment Plan Application Backlog And ...

On March 3rd, when Linda McMahon was sworn in to lead the Department of Education ... every step of the lending process, from application (the FAFSA form that so many high-school seniors ...

The Department of Education is reopening three revised income-driven student loan repayment plans just weeks after the agency suspended the programs, the agency announced Wednesday. IDR loan ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department reopened online applications Wednesday for income-driven repayment plans for student loan borrowers ... repayment plan application in order to comply ...

The U.S. Education Department ... still qualify. When forms were unavailable, some borrowers were unable to complete that process. The other side: While the online application was down, officials ...

The reason borrowers couldn’t access these applications was because the online application form had to be revised to comply with the ruling. However, the Education Department said “paper loan ...