New data offers further confirmation of a crisis in the U.S. student loan portfolio, in which too many borrowers are not ...

Borrowers delay life milestones and retirement readiness suffers—firms can unlock retention with loan benefits.

The month of February will be critical for certain borrowers pursuing student loan forgiveness, and hundreds of thousands of borrowers could be impacted.

In addition to federal student loan forgiveness options, all states in the U.S. have a debt forgiveness program to help struggling students.

There are over 42.3 million student loan borrowers that have a total of $1.81 trillion in student loan debt. Here is the average student loan debt balance by state. While the average balances across ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. The Education Department posted a long-awaited update on student ...

Few things take the shine off a hard-earned degree like a mountain of student debt. And millions of Americans are feeling the weight: The Education Data Initiative says more than 42 million borrowers ...

Student loan debt isn't being shouldered equally by all age groups, with millennials and Gen X borrowers having particularly ...

The Education Department released a court-mandated update Monday revealing minimal progress on student loan forgiveness processing. The data, filed with a federal district court overseeing an ...

Greg Jackson, a history teacher for New Haven Public Schools, remembers coming home from class at community college in Orange County, New York, in 1993 to find a $3,000 bill waiting for him. He said ...

The Trump administration will resume garnishing wages from student loan borrowers in default in early 2026, the U.S. Education Department confirmed to NPR. The move comes after a years-long pause in ...

Buy Side’s best student loan lenders include Ascent and College Ave for their low rates and repayment options ...