A ‘tax bomb’ is set to detonate on New Year’s Day. The blast could throw the finances of millions of student loan borrowers ...

Daniel Gray worried about his student debt for more than two decades. The day after he turned 56, he learned that his over ...

Since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, sweeping changes have been made to federal student debt relief ...

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Every borrower should know their loan balance, current interest rate and monthly payment, says Joseph Price-Gault, head of ...

Ward Williams is a former Editor for Investopedia focused on student loans and other financial products and services. He has over five years of professional editing, proofreading, and writing ...