Whether it's the pandemic or a weak job market or poorly conceived political protests, student loan collections are way down.

For millions of Americans, student loans are a heavy financial burden, and missing payments can feel inevitable during tough ...

If you're overwhelmed by student loan debt and can't make ends meet, you may be wondering if you can file for bankruptcy on student loans. The truth is that federal and private student loans ...

Consumer advocates criticized the department’s new focus on financial literacy, saying more pressing issues exist. In a CNBC ...

The Department of Education has begun a negotiated rulemaking session to implement changes to student loan repayment.

Federal student aid recipients are preparing for impending financial challenges following the July 4 passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The act includes provisions eliminating Grad PLUS loans, ...

The agency is revamping the Office of the Ombudsman to increase financial literacy and share the risks and benefits of ...

Sometimes, life gets in the way of making your student loan payments. Maybe you have faced an unexpected job loss that shrinks down your budget to the bare essentials. Or perhaps you are going back to ...

The backlog of student loan borrowers trying to access Public Service Loan Forgiveness continues to grow under the Trump administration. Here's what to know.

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is massively rolling back federal student-loan programs in a nearly complete-180-degree turnaround from the Biden-era debt-forgiveness movement. The newly passed ...

As of September 2025, the best interest rates on private student loans start just under 3% for fixed-rate loans and between 4% and 5% for variable-rate loans. For federal student loans, rates in ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...