Some of the most generous benefits of federal student loans are going away in the coming years. Here's why experts still ...

The Economic Impact of Student Debt As of Q3 2024, more than 42 million Americans held outstanding federal loan debt totaling more than $1.6 trillion.

The Trump administration is making significant changes to how it deals with student debt. It has resumed loan collections ...

In short, the bill will "roll back student loan protections and cap the amount students can borrow for graduate programs," ...

That trend refers to an annual student loan payment rate of roughly $75 billion, or about 0.2% to 0.3% of GDP, MarketWatch reported. That’s up from about $10 billion during the pause.

President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending package will set new limits on how much money students can borrow for college and graduate school.

Starting next summer, graduate borrowers can only take out direct loans that have a lower borrowing cap. These are the new ...

The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4 upends the student loan repayment system ...

While Biden’s order will likely give student borrowers a total of at least $300 billion in relief over a decade, most experts don’t believe it will ignite a surge of consumer spending akin to ...

More than 40 million U.S. student loan borrowers faced requirements to resume making their payments starting Sunday as a pause for the COVID-19 pandemic expired, sparking concerns the economy ...

The resumption of student loan payments should have only a modest impact on U.S. consumer spending levels, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Wednesday in a report that suggests one of ...

Student debt keeps rising The total U.S. student loan debt is $1.748 trillion. Of that amount, $1.62 trillion, or 93%, are from federal student loans.