Student loan forgiveness has resumed for eligible borrowers under a longstanding repayment plan, with key deadlines approaching soon.

Borrowers under the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan are now receiving notices that they still qualify for relief.

The total U.S. student loan debt is nearly $1.8 trillion, according to the Education Data Initiative. This breaks down to an estimated $41,618 in total average student loan debt. If you have student ...

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Key Points ・There's a myth that student loan forgiveness is "instant" or that people can receive it for doing nothing. ・The truth is that most student loan forgiveness programs require years of ...

If you have student loans, it’s been a bumpy ride. A pandemic-era pause allowed borrowers to miss student loan payments without penalty. Then, President Biden’s promise to broadly forgive student loan ...

The Trump administration published proposed regulations this week that seek to limit which public service employees can have their student loans forgiven, one of several ways the Trump administration ...

More than 43 million Americans carry student loan debt, and recent grads aren't the only ones feeling the pinch. Data show that many borrowers are in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s, still paying off ...

Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's sweeping student loan forgiveness plan, the White House announced a more limited debt relief plan that will go forward as the ...

If you have student loan debt, student loan forgiveness programs could help. If you qualify, student loan forgiveness could eliminate any remaining debt you owe — after a certain point. Notably, these ...