The grace period for federal student loan borrowers who graduated in May is ending. Here's what to know about starting payments.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned that selling off student loan to private companies would be a "tremendous mistake."

The Education Department recently wrapped up talks over how to change the student loan system. Here’s what borrowers should know about what’s ahead.

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

Every borrower should know their loan balance, current interest rate and monthly payment, says Joseph Price-Gault, head of student loan refinancing at Juno, a student loan negotiation group. You should also know when you are obligated to begin making your payments, he adds.

More than 40 Democratic lawmakers are highlighting and trying to prevent reported Trump administration plans to sell the government’s student loan portfolio to the private market.

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By the end of her five-and-a-half years studying psychology, Jeacoma owed $85,000. It wasn’t until recently, now at age 26, that she discovered some of those loans carry staggering interest rates, as high as 17%. Others fall around 10%.