Some of the pauses on student loans may offer borrowers temporary relief, while others are simply injecting even more ...

More than 83,000 federal student loan borrowers are waiting for a Public Service Loan Forgiveness Buyback application ...

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

Your student loan becomes delinquent as soon as you miss a payment, and the consequences become more serious the longer your loan remains delinquent. Delinquency can result in negative credit ...

If you don’t understand it, that’s not your fault. It’s just phenomenally complicated,” says Winston Berkman-Breen, legal director at Protect Borrowers.

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

Millions of student loan borrowers received a welcome reprieve last month when President Joe Biden extended the suspension of payments and interest on federal student loans through September 30. Jill ...

Key Points ・Short-term income drops during maternity leave can qualify borrowers for deferment, forbearance, or lower payments under income-driven repayment plans. ・Re-certifying income while earnings ...

You have options if your student loans are in default and you don't want to wait for collections to resume ...

There are about 3.1 million federal student loan borrowers aged 62 or older. Many of these borrowers, who are in retirement, have trouble making payments on a fixed income.

As of Q3 2025, early-stage delinquencies, late-stage delinquencies, and gross charge-offs stand at 3.49%, 1.71%, and 2.71%, respectively. Forbearance utilization is well within the pre-pandemic ...