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Federal Student Loan Rates Set To Rise For The 2026-27 School Year
Federal student loan interest rates are heading higher for the 2026-27 academic year, following Monday's May 10-year Treasury Note auction (PDF File)…
1 month, 1 week ago
SAVE Forbearance Is Ending: 7 Million Borrowers Face Repayment Restart
The payment pause protecting borrowers in the SAVE plan is winding down, with loan servicers set to begin notifying borrowers starting July 1 to move…
1 month, 1 week ago
Tyler West On Saving For College, Picking The Right School, And Avoiding The Student Loan Trap
Financial planner and former college admissions consultant Tyler West joins The College Investor Audio Show at MilMoneyCon to talk about how families…
1 month, 1 week ago
8 Colleges Closing In 2026: Here's What To Know About These Closures And Mergers
Anna Maria College's closure announcement last week brought the 2026 U.S. nonprofit college shutdown count to eight. The 80-year-old institution in P…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Department of Education Finalizes Loan Limits and Repayment Plan Changes
The U.S. Department of Education published its final rule implementing the student loan provisions of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, ending Grad …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Preston Cooper on the ROI of College, Grad School Risks, and What AI Changes About the Math
Higher education economist Preston Cooper joins The College Investor at the ASU+GSV Summit to talk about when a bachelor’s degree pays off, where gra…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
How The Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) Works: Payments, Eligibility, And Forgiveness
The number of federal student loan repayment plans is shrinking. Starting July 1, 2026, new Direct Loan borrowers will only have access to two plans:…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
43 Million Americans Have Some College But No Degree — Here’s Why They Left
A new Trellis Strategies survey (PDF File) of 3,182 former students who left college without a credential finds that financial pressure and life circ…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Education Department Tells Borrowers To Expect Repayment, Not Forgiveness
Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent told an American Enterprise Institute audience on Thursday that federal student loan forgiveness “is not h…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Judge Approves $425M Capital One 360 Savings Settlement — Payments Expected July
A federal judge has approved a $425 million class action settlement with Capital One over allegations that the bank paid low interest rates to older …
1 month, 3 weeks ago