Student Loans

The Office of Management and Budget say fees on federal student loans may automatically increase in the 2021 fiscal year because of mandatory sequestration. 

President Joe Biden continues to look for a way to fulfill a campaign promise – forgiving federal student loan debt up to $10,000. Nearly 45 million borrowers owe $1.71 trillion in federal student loans.

This racial student debt gap is one reason legislators are advocating for significant student debt relief. 

You may have received an offer to refinance your student loans or seen ads offering deals. But experts say there are several things to consider before

Experts estimate that some student loan debt will never be repaid — here’s how that impacts debt forgiveness considerations.

President Joe Biden said he is still willing to forgive up to $10,000 in student debt, but did not say whether he would take executive action.

House and Senate Democrats have repeatedly urged President Joe Biden to “broadly” forgive up to $50,000 of federal debt through executive order.

A majority of Americans support $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness.

Democrats led by Schumer and Warren are reintroducing a resolution calling on Biden to cancel student debt through executive action.

Having student loans doesn’t automatically disqualify you from buying a home, but they can make the process more challenging. Experts break down how.

Joe Biden has promised to tackle America’s $1.6 trillion student debt crisis, starting by extending the nearly year-long pause on federal loan payments. LX News welcomed student loan debt expert Robert Farrington of The College Investor, who says forgiveness won’t solve the problem of rising college costs and explains the reforms needed to stop the ongoing crisis.

Two proposals — one from the House, one from the Senate — take vastly different approaches to coronavirus stimulus.

The latest stimulus package gives companies a tax incentive to pay off their employees’ student loans. Here are the details.

Attorney and former Democratic candidate for Congress Qasim Rashid made the case in an NBC News opinion column for why the Biden Administration should ask Congress for a bill to cancel all student debt. Rashid joined LX News to explain how canceling student loans would benefit all aspects of the economy and why our higher education system needs to be...

In 2020, Americans collectively owed over $1.7 trillion in student debt for the first time. 

If the pause is not extended, student loan borrowers will be required to resume making payments in February of 2021.

Lani Huang, 25, has achieved some major milestones in a few short years: She paid off her student loans, moved to a new state and bought her first house.

The resolution recommends that President-elect Biden use his executive authority to offer significant student debt forgiveness.

Just follow these three steps to estimate how much you pay.

A steep drop in enrollment has caused many colleges and universities to reconsider remote learning.