The expansion of the DOE since 1979 has led to ballooning student-loan costs, while a private-lender system could bring those ...

President Donald Trump has yet to win over his own party with his push to “immediately” transfer the Education Department’s ...

Student loan borrowers got a much-needed court victory after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop ...

President Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, sparking concerns over curriculum, loans ...

In deciding which student loans to pay off first, consider factors such as loan type, interest rates, and repayment terms.

NPR has spent the past few weeks catching up with student loan experts and asking the Trump administration for clarity on ...

Federal student aid doesn’t always cover the cost of college, and some students might turn to private student loans to bridge ...

As delinquent student loans begin showing up on credit reports for the first time since the pandemic, millions of borrowers ...

Experts expect more borrowers to default on their student loans without access to pandemic-era safeguards and affordable ...

After months of Republican backlash against a Biden-era plan, the Department of Education suspended four of the agency’s ...

More than 600 positions have been eliminated from the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid office, internal ...

The Fed reports that a delinquency on a student loan payment can lower a person's credit score by 171 points. Those with ...