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The total U.S. student loan debt is nearly $1.8 trillion, according to the Education Data Initiative. This breaks down to an estimated $41,618 in total average student loan debt. If you have student ...

Several million borrowers may lose access to affordable payments and eventual student loan forgiveness if they don’t take ...

Sweeping student loan forgiveness changes for federal student loans are going into effect this year, and millions of borrower ...

The U.S. has approved more than $42 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness for more than 615,000 borrowers in the past 18 months as part of a program aimed at getting more people to work in ...

・Full-time employees at 501(c)(3) organizations and certain other nonprofits may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) after 120 payments (10 years). ・Only Direct Loans qualify. Older ...

A Direct Student Loan is another name for a federally issued student loan in the United States. If you borrowed money from the U.S. Department of Education, you likely took out a Direct Loan. Since ...

WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration scaled back eligibility for its student loan forgiveness plan Thursday, the same day six Republican-led states sued President Joe Biden in an effort to block his ...

Student loans are the major form of self-help aid available to Keene State College students who are enrolled at least half-time in a degree-seeking program (six credits per semester for undergraduates ...