It’s a new year for student loans, and big changes are happening that will impact millions of borrowers across the country.

Millions of borrowers who are behind can expect the government to tighten the options in 2026. Experts say take action now to ...

While some routes to loan discharges have been blocked or delayed in 2025, the Department of Education has still granted borrowers billions of dollars in forgiveness.

Some student loan borrowers who get their debt canceled in 2026 may be hit with a tax bill now that a law protecting the ...

Student-loan borrowers will begin to see the effects of Trump's changes to repayment and borrowing in July 2026.

The Education Department quietly announced that there are no plans to restore a tracker that had allowed borrowers to assess ...

From paused student-loan repayment plans to new debt relief limits, 2026 brought critical changes to borrowers. There's a lot ...

Starting in 2026, student loan forgiveness will be taxable at the federal level. This could cost the average borrower ...

Preston Cooper at AEI recently published an analysis of the latest federal student loan data, and the results were sobering: 5.5 million borrowers in default, another 3.7 million more than 270 days ...

Student loan borrowers have spent much of 2025 trying to keep up with massive changes to the federal student loan system. That includes changes to repayment plans and borrowing limits. NPR's Cory ...

From 2026, cancelled student loans under income-driven repayment plans will once again be treated as taxable income in the US ...

The wage garnishment announcement marks a departure from past handling of student loan borrowers in default. Since March 2020 ...