Rebecca Safier

Financial aid can go a long way toward helping you pay for college. The average full-time undergraduate received $14,790 in federal financial aid in... Read more

Welcome to Student Loan News, a weekly summary of developments and events affecting college debt in the U.S. Join us each Friday for a look at... Read more

A “gap year” involves taking time off school to do something else of value, and the idea — long popular among students in other countries —... Read more

It’s no secret that students are taking on significant amounts of debt to afford college or graduate school, with government data showing nearly... Read more

By applying to college early, you could get your answer months ahead of schedule. Students who apply early action (EA) or early decision (ED)... Read more

With college costs spiraling out of control and Americans owing more student loans than ever before, college affordability and student loan debt... Read more

If you’re like the average millennial borrower, you’re juggling more than four student loans after graduation, according to Experian. With so... Read more

If you’ve struggled to manage your money in the past, you might have given up on the idea of tracking your spending. But it could be you’ve... Read more

Compared to other types of debt, student loans have some of the lowest interest rates around — especially if you borrow from Federal Student Aid.... Read more

The cost of graduate school is higher than ever, and many students leave medical, law or MBA programs with six figures of student loan debt. Even... Read more

You may start college with high expectations, but you could eventually begin to feel that your school’s not the right one for you. If that’s the... Read more

Student loans have become a hot topic among the 2020 race for president, with Democrats candidates such as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders... Read more