A federal student loan is considered in default after 270 days of non-payment. Borrowers can check their loan status by ...

Saddled with student loans? Here’s how to clarify your financial goals, make smart payment strategies, and seek forgiveness resources to clear the debt.

The Trump administration’s announcement this week that it will restart debt collection on defaulted student loans means some borrowers will feel the consequences as early as next month.

After months of stalled processing, new developments this month are expected to break the backlog that has kept applicants in limbo.

If there’s anything I’ve learned after six-plus years as a certified student loan counselor, it’s that higher education debt hits close to home: my landlord’s daughter, and a neighbor down ...

totaling more than $1.6 trillion in debt, the department said. More than five million holders of student loans have not made a repayment in the past year, the department said. Borrowers who ...

Federal student loan ... debt. Perhaps most alarmingly for workers, wage garnishment will also kick back in later this summer after required warning notices are sent. In short, after a ...