Student Loans

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Refinancing a Sallie Mae Student Loan: A Good Idea?

Student loan problems? Sometimes, refinancing the loan can lower your monthly payments.  Other times, refinancing could make the debt worse, […]

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Why Community Colleges Are Gaining Popularity

Help from parents and guardians is central to financing a college education for most students. That help can take many […]

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Will 30 Million Borrowers Benefit From Student Debt Relief?

Millions of government emails have gone out since the start of August offering help to many student borrowers. As always […]

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8,000,000 Student Borrowers To Gain Interest-Free Forbearance

Student loan benefits for eight million borrowers established by the SAVE Plan have been largely stopped by a federal court, […]

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New Work Benefit Helps Those With Student Debt

The American job market can be divided in two. There are jobs with benefits and employment without. If you’re lucky […]

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Courts Block Another Student Loan Relief Program

America’s student borrowers have lost again. Another effort by the Biden Administration to reduce student loan debt for millions of […]

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New Federal Student Loan Rates Are Out – And They’re Higher

Interest rates will be higher for most borrowers if you’re looking for a new student loan in the coming year. […]

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Is College Really Worth It?

The value of a college degree is increasingly in question. At best, a lot of people are not so sure. […]

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Why It’s Time To End Legacy Admissions

For a long time it’s been the policy of selective colleges to prefer “legacy” admission candidates, those with a parent […]

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Here’s How New Wealth and Federal Programs Are Cutting Student Debt

If you’re young and have taken on student debt there’s good news on the financial front. Many are now significantly […]

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Round Three: New Effort Under Way To Reduce Student Debt

For the third time since last summer, a new battle is underway in Washington to expand student debt relief. If […]

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Here’s Why Some Tuition Costs Are Falling

We’re constantly told that college costs are on the rise, but weirdly enough that’s not entirely true. While education expenses […]

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Will Student Loan Borrowers Get Relief Under Plan B?

It was last summer when things suddenly looked bleak for student borrowers. A $400 billion student loan relief plan was […]

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Student Debt: Will We See More Student Loan Forgiveness?

Student loan payments are back, a reality that’s changing many household budgets. But is there student loan forgiveness in the […]

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Types of Student Loans, Pros/Cons and How to Get One

Higher education can be very expensive, especially in the United States. According to the Education Data Initiative, for 2023, the […]

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