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When should you refinance your student loans? Up-to-date info on the changing landscape
It’s not just the younger generations carrying student loan debt. But whether you should refinance depends on a wide range of ...
Student Loan Update: Borrowers Catch a Break as Interest Rates Drop
For loans disbursed between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, undergraduate rates will be set at 6.39 percent, a decline from ...
Unsettling Accounts: How Illinois is confronting the growing student loan crisis
A recent graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago, Villalpando, 29, took out private loans to pay for college. Unlike federal student loans, private loans typically have higher interest rates ...
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As feds resume student loan collections, states try to catch borrowers before they sink
The U.S. Department of Education began collecting on defaulted student loans in May for the first time since the beginning of ...
Students, families face financial uncertainty due to government budget cuts
The future of some key federal student loan programs is on the line, according to Matt Schulz, chief consumer finance analyst ...
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10 States With the Highest Average Student Debt in 2025, Ranked
GOBankingRates analyzed each U.S. state to find the average federal student loan debt per person. These are the 10 states ...
For 18 Million Student Loan Borrowers, The Government Is Coming For Your Paycheck
Recent actions by the Trump administration and House Republicans could mean that millions of student loan borrowers will see ...
Federal student loan interest rates just fell for the first time in 5 years—here's what borrowers will pay on new loans
The interest rate for undergraduate federal student loans disbursed between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 will be 6.39%, ...