Student Loan Interest

Student loan interest works a little differently when you're enrolled in an income-driven repayment plan. Learn how IDRs affect your student debt... Read more

Making extra payments on your student loans can help you save on interest and get out of debt faster. But if those extra payments aren’t applied to... Read more

If you have federal student loans, do you know if they are subsidized or unsubsidized? Are you unsure? It’s important to know the type of federal... Read more

Many people dutifully make their student loan payments every month, only to feel like they’re progressing slowly — or not at all — toward debt... Read more

If you’re like most student loan borrowers, your monthly payment eats up a significant amount of your paycheck. The average monthly student loan... Read more

Americans with student loan debt pay an average of $393 in monthly student loan payment. If you’re a young graduate, that can eat up a big... Read more

Back when you signed the dotted line and took out your student loans, how well did you understand the terms? Maybe things were a little fuzzy, but... Read more

In 2018, college graduates who left with student loans owed an average of $29,800. Paying that back is intimidating enough before adding in the... Read more

Whether your student loans are federal or private, you are being charged interest on the money that you borrowed. But what is capitalized interest,... Read more

Student loans can be intimidating. There are so many technical terms you need to learn in order to maximize your repayment strategy — stuff like... Read more

If you fish around on the Federal Student Aid (FSA) website for information on when to start repaying your student loans, you might come away with... Read more

A new survey by Student Loan Hero finds borrowers are misinformed about interest, repayment, and other major aspects of their student loans. Austin,... Read more