If you borrowed federal student loans to pay for college, you might qualify for forgiveness through the U.S. government. These programs include Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Teacher Loan ...

A new December update reshapes how federal student loan repayment rules apply to borrowers navigating income-driven options.

Student loan forgiveness has restarted for a small number of Americans, according to experts. The Education Department said in July it suspended forgiveness for Income Based Repayment plans to update ...

Millions of student loan borrowers are contending with seemingly constant changes to repayment and loan forgiveness programs. But even more major disruptions to student loans are on the horizon. And ...

President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program is at the mercy of the Supreme Court, and student loan borrowers could be waiting weeks, if not months, to hear whether the program is allowed to ...

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After months of uncertainty, some federal student loan borrowers will soon have their debt canceled. But there’s a hook: You must be enrolled in a very specific program and have made sufficient ...

About nine million people received an email last month from the Department of Education that mistakenly said their application for student loan forgiveness had been approved, adding to the confusion ...

For more than three years, federal student loan borrowers have been shielded from paying taxes on forgiven debt, a rare bit ...

The vast majority of applications for a student loan forgiveness program are still being rejected, even after Congress set aside $700 million to temporarily expand it, according to a federal report.

Starting next school year, graduate students will no longer have access to Grad PLUS loans, forcing many to seek alternative financing options.