The good news is that a loan isn't the only way to streamline what you owe. There are other ways to organize debt, lower ...

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

Your student loan becomes delinquent as soon as you miss a payment, and the consequences become more serious the longer your ...

Squeezed by competing financial demands, the average student loan borrower aged 50 to 61 holds the highest loan balance of ...

The average student loan borrower aged 35 to 49 years has struggled with payments and is delinquent or in default.

A debt consolidation loan can help you streamline credit cards and other high-interest debt, but access to the lowest rates ...

Millions of people are at risk of the government’s seizing their refunds to pay what is owed on student loans.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. Several million borrowers may lose access to affordable payments ...

Turning 18 might be the official marker of adulthood, but there are lots of unofficial milestones, too. Graduating from high school, moving out of your parents’ home, buying your first car — or in ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — It's a new year… and the government is hitting the re-start button on garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers. Let me be clear—the garnishing of wages is only for borrowers ...

The Education Department will start sending out notices to about 1000 borrowers beginning the week of January 7th, with more notices set to go out each month after that. Right now, millions of student ...

Student-loan borrowers have had a tumultuous few years, and that’s likely to continue in 2026. Repayment plans for all borrowers and borrowing limits for some programs are set to change next year.