FILE - New graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in New Jersey in this 2018 file photo. Mark Herz: This is GBH's Morning Edition. Starting this Friday, August 1st, ...

To ease the financial burden on students and their families, a small percentage of U.S. colleges have "no-loan" policies, eliminating federal loans from financial aid packages in lieu of ...

WASHINGTON – Roughly 8 million borrowers whose student loan payments have been on pause for a year will start to see interest accrue on their debt again in August, the U.S. Department of Education ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Grad PLUS program will be sunset starting the next school year. At the same time, some graduate students ...

Last year, more than 12,000 people emailed Betsy Mayotte and The Institute of Student Loan Advisors. They all got answers. For free. Last year, more than 12,000 people emailed Betsy Mayotte asking for ...

Andrea Murzello has a doctorate in pharmacy and a stable job at a nonprofit. But she says she can’t afford to grow her family — not under the Trump administration’s latest student loan policy shift.

Nearly 8 million federal student loan borrowers are expected to see a drastic increase in personal costs starting August 1 as the U.S. Department of Education has directed loan servicers to resume ...

But recently, Jeacoma, now 26, learned that some of her loans carried a 17% interest rate. When she found this out, she burst into tears and took to sharing about it on TikTok At 17, Alyssa Jeacoma ...

At just 17 years old, Alyssa Jeacoma signed off on student loans without fully grasping what she was getting into. With little financial education and no guidance from her parents — who themselves had ...

At 17, Alyssa Jeacoma signed off on student loans not knowing how high the interest rate was At 17, Alyssa Jeacoma signed off on student loans before going to college Each semester, she borrowed ...