How Student Loans Affect Your Credit Score

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We’ve all heard the daunting numbers: The United States now holds $1.2 trillion in collective student loan debt, and this year’s college graduates are leaving school with an average...

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List of Loan Forgiveness Programs

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How To Get Your Student Loans Forgiven: Three Paths There are three ways to have student loans forgiven and none of them are easily attainable. The first is based...

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Student Loan Forgiveness for Non-Profits

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If you are employed by a nonprofit or government and have student loan debt, you may be eligible for loan forgiveness, cancellation, and/or consolidation of Federal student loans under...

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DeVos Proposes to Curtail Debt Relief for Defrauded Students

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WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed on Wednesday to curtail Obama administration loan forgiveness rules for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, requiring that student borrowers show they have...

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How the lawsuits against student loan servicer Navient could affect you

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If you have a student loan, there are some lawsuits you need to watch. Navient, the country’s largest student loan servicer, is facing several lawsuits by attorneys general accusing...

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A Student Debt Payment Plan That Saves Now, Yet Costs More Later

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Beware of student loan consultants offering “forbearances,” a fancy word for an option that allows borrowers to temporarily postpone payments. That’s the finding from a new report by the...

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Buying Your First Home: Dealing With Student Loans

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It’s different to be a first-time home buyer as compared to an experienced one. First-time home buyers often skew younger then the general home-buying population which means less work...

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The 10 states most impacted by student debt

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There’s one thing that brings over 44 million Americans together — student debt. Today, Americans with student debt collectively hold nearly $1.5 trillion in student loans. But not all...

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Tax Benefits with Student Loans

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Tax Credits for Higher Education Expenses Two tax credits help offset the costs (tuition, fees, books, supplies, equipment) of college or career school by reducing the amount of your...

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