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| Jul 2, 2026 | How high hopes for Biden’s student-loan forgiveness plans cost borrowers | To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo
New research suggests that the Biden White House’s lofty expectations for its student loan forgiveness efforts contributed to millions of student loan borrowers making fin... |
| Jun 18, 2026 | US student loan defaults rise to 9.2 million amid crackdown | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Liam Knox, Bloomberg News
The number of student loan borrowers in default soared to a record 9.16 million in April after the government ended a four-year pause on collections that was instituted... |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Student loan borrowers face glitches and misinformation ahead of major July 1 changes, advocates say | Starting July 1, tens of millions of federal student loan borrowers will find a changed menu of repayment and relief options, due to Trump’s domestic agenda.
But organizations that work with student borrowers report technical glitches leadi... |
| May 29, 2026 | Student loan borrowers will have two new repayment options come July 1. Here’s how to pick one | Two new federal student loan repayment plans will soon be available to millions of borrowers: the Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, and the Tiered Standard Plan.
Both plans’ terms are significantly different from the U.S. Department of Edu... |
| May 14, 2026 | Student loan forgiveness paths have changed under Trump. How to navigate them | There are new rules for the U.S. Department of Education’s income-driven repayment plans, or IDRs.
Those changes can impact when and if a student loan borrower is eligible for debt cancellation.
“We are encouraging all borrowers to evaluate... |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Trump admin tasks Treasury Dept. with student loan collection. What borrowers need to know | Trump officials plan to task the U.S. Department of the Treasury with collecting on defaulted student loans and eventually “operational support” on current loans.
Currently, the Education Department oversees the country’s entire nearly $1.7... |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Student loan borrowers in default may miss out on Trump’s ‘largest tax refund season of all time’ | The Trump administration is predicting larger tax refunds for the 2026 season due to changes in the “big beautiful bill,” but the millions of student loan borrowers who are behind on their payments may miss out.
The U.S. Department of Educa... |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Millions of federal student loan borrowers will start repayment soon. Here’s what to know | The grace period for federal student loan borrowers who graduated in the spring is ending, meaning bills will soon be due.
Here’s what to know about starting the payments.
Millions of federal student loan borrowers who graduated in the spri... |
| Oct 21, 2025 | How to get student loan help during the government shutdown | As the government shutdown nears the three-week mark, federal student loan borrowers who can’t get help with their accounts at the Education Department have other options.
Borrowers can get assistance with their loan servicer, local organiz... |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Attorneys general, advocates oppose Trump’s rule narrowing eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness | Nearly two dozen attorneys general and more than 250 organizations are opposing the Trump-era proposed regulation that could narrow eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
″[T]he Trump Administration is attempting to hold this debt... |
| Sep 7, 2025 | What to know about putting your student loan payments on pause | The U.S. Department of Education’s deferments and forbearances — or payment pauses — can help student loan borrowers avoid the harsh consequences of falling behind on their bills, consumer advocates said.
But the terms of the relief vary, a... |
| Aug 27, 2025 | How to get someone on the phone about your student loans | Recent changes to the federal student loan system have made it difficult for some borrowers to get accurate information on their accounts.
Experts shared tips on how to get someone on the phone who can help you with your debt.
“If your stat... |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 3 things student loan borrowers can expect if they stay in the SAVE payment pause — and what they should do instead | Federal student loan borrowers still have the option, for now, of not making payments on their debt if they remain enrolled in the Biden-era SAVE plan.
However, the Trump administration has resumed charging these borrowers interest on their... |
| Jun 8, 2025 | Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which may limit low-income students’ college access | Pell Grants, college aid for low-income families, could be slashed under both the White House budget proposal and House GOP reconciliation bill.
President Donald Trump’s budget would cut the maximum award to the lowest amount in roughly a d... |
| Jun 1, 2025 | Social Security checks may be smaller starting in June for some, as student loan garnishments begin | The Trump administration warned that Social Security benefits could be garnished for defaulted student loans as early as June.
Here’s what borrowers need to know about their rights, and available relief options.
Some recipients can expect t... |
| May 14, 2025 | Student loan borrowers in default could see up to 15% of Social Security benefits garnished | Social Security beneficiaries are at risk of receiving a smaller benefit if they’ve fallen behind on their student loans.
The Trump administration has resumed its collection activity on federal education debt, and appears to be providing le... |
| Apr 26, 2025 | What student loan forgiveness opportunities still remain under Trump | Under the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Education made regular announcements that it was forgiving student debt for thousands of people.
That’s changed under President Donald Trump.
Here’s what to know about the current statu... |
| Mar 12, 2025 | The Battle Over Student Loan Forgiveness: A New Executive Order Shakes the Landscape | The landscape of student loan forgiveness is shifting. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that threatens to reshape the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. This program, established in 2007, has been a beacon o... |
| Mar 10, 2025 | What student loan borrowers should know as Trump targets Public Service Loan Forgiveness | President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to limit eligibility for a popular student loan forgiveness program.
Here’s what you need to know.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to limit eligibilit... |
| Mar 3, 2025 | Student loan borrowers pursuing public service forgiveness are 'panicking,' expert says. Here's what to know | As the Trump administration overhauls the student loan system, many borrowers pursuing Public Service Loan Forgiveness are worried about the program's future.
"There's a lot of panicking by PSLF borrowers due to the uncertainty," ... |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Navigating the Storm: Protecting Borrowers in Uncertain Times | In a world where the winds of change blow fiercely, student loan borrowers find themselves at a crossroads. The U.S. Department of Education faces unprecedented threats, and consumer advocates are sounding the alarm. The stakes are high, an... |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Trump administration removes student loan repayment applications from Education Department website | The Trump administration has taken down the applications for popular student loan repayment plans from the U.S. Department of Education’s website.
Here’s what borrowers need to know about the disruption.
The Trump administration has taken d... |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Amid risks to Education Dept., borrowers should ‘immediately’ take key actions, consumer advocates say | Amid White House threats to eliminate the Education Department and reports that Musk’s DOGE had gained access to student loan data, consumer advocates are issuing warnings to borrowers on ways to protect themselves.
Student loan holders sho... |
| Feb 22, 2025 | Biden’s SAVE repayment plan for student loan borrowers is dead. Here’s what to know | Now that the Biden administration’s SAVE plan has been blocked, millions of student loan borrowers will need to find a new way to repay their debt.
The adjustment will likely be challenging, experts said.
“Borrowers who were in SAVE will ha... |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Business | With Education Department under threat, what student loan borrowers can do | Download your loan information
Take a few minutes to screenshot or download every bit of information from your studentaid.gov account. Having a paper trail of your payments and loan status can protect you if issues arise with the Education ... |
| Jan 22, 2025 | Navigating Financial Recovery After Natural Disasters | Natural disasters strike like lightning. They leave chaos in their wake. Homes are lost. Lives are disrupted. Finances can crumble. But recovery is possible. Understanding the right steps can make all the difference.
When disaster hits, the... |
| Jan 17, 2025 | Business | How to get student loan relief after the L.A. wildfires | If the wildfires displaced you from your home, don’t change your permanent address in your student loan accounts, says Scott Buchanan, executive director of the Student Loan Servicing Alliance. Your address must be in a FEMA disaster zone t... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Business | Do this by April 30 if you want student loan forgiveness this year | By Eliza Haverstock | NerdWallet
The Education Department has forgiven more than $45 billion of student loans for 930,500 longtime borrowers through the one-time income-driven repayment (IDR) account adjustment. If you’ve been repaying your... |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Biden will extend payment pause for student loan borrowers. Yet timeline remains unclear | President-elect Biden will give student loan borrowers more time before they have to resume payments, an aide said last week.
Yet one key detail was missing from the announcement: How much more time?
"Federal student loan borrowers are... |
| As Trump considers ways to dismantle the Education Dept., here’s what to know about your student loans | The Trump administration is looking for ways to partially or completely eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.
Here’s what that could mean for the more than 42 million Americans with federal student loans.
With the Trump administration... |
| Waiting for student loan forgiveness? Here’s what to do in the meantime | Student loan forgiveness could be coming.
These are the steps borrowers should and shouldn’t take before there’s more news. |
| Here are some smart moves borrowers should make while the fate of student loan forgiveness is still up in the air | Despite these uncertain times for federal student loan borrowers, there are still some smart financial moves they can take now, experts say.
Those include making the most of the extra cash while the payments remain on hold and exploring ref... |
| Starting college in the fall? How to decide the right amount to borrow | Many students will have to make decisions soon around how much to borrow for college.
Here’s some advice from experts on figuring out the right amount. |
| Student debt can make buying a home feel impossible. Here are your options | Half of people who haven’t yet purchased a home blame their student debt.
Sixty percent of millennials say the loans hold them back, as do over a third of boomers.
Despite the challenges, it’s still possible to get a mortgage while juggling... |
| Student loan payments may not resume until August. Here’s what borrowers need to know | It’s been almost three years since those with federal student loans have had to make a payment, and the White House has now given them more time.
Here’s what borrowers need to know. |
| How borrowers can keep their student loan payments on hold once bills resume | After being suspended three years, federal student loan payments are expected to resume soon.
But borrowers have options to keep the bills on pause. |
| Student loan forgiveness may come for 380,000 borrowers, Biden says. How to know if you qualify | The Biden administration has cleared the student loans of nearly 4 million people, totaling $143.6 billion in aid.
How to know if you qualify for relief, too.
The Biden administration’s latest student loan forgiveness announcement contained... |
| How the Federal Reserve’s rate hike impacts student loan borrowers | The Fed’s recent interest rate hike will likely cause private student loans to get pricier, and for some, it’s a good time to think about refinancing.
Yet borrowers also want to account for the possibility of another extension to the paymen... |
| Biden administration has canceled $66 billion in student debt. How to know if you qualify | The U.S. Department of Education has in recent years canceled more than $66 billion in education debt.
More than 2 million borrowers have benefited from that relief.
Here's what to know. |
| It’s now easier to qualify for public service loan forgiveness. Here’s what to know | This is an excerpt from CNBC Make It’s weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.
Hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers received a surprise gift from the federal government last week when the U.S. Department of Education announced tempora... |
| As student loan bills become a normal part of life again, tax break will be available to many | There’s one upside to your student loan payments: they might qualify you for a tax break.
The student loan interest deduction allows qualifying borrowers to deduct up to $2,500 a year in interest paid on eligible private or federal educatio... |
| Here’s the ‘most likely scenario’ for when student loan payments could restart — and how to prepare | The Supreme Court could announce its decision on the Biden administration’s sweeping student loan forgiveness plan any day.
The U.S. Department of Education has braced borrowers to be ready for the bills to resume 60 days after that.
Borrow... |
| Half of student loan borrowers may be at increased risk of delinquency, GAO report finds | After two years of federal student loan payment suspensions, the government expects it will not be easy to get millions of borrowers back into repayment.
Here’s what borrowers should know if they’re worried they won’t be able to pay their b... |
| Student loan forgiveness is headed to the Supreme Court. What that means for the payment pause | The Biden administration’s most recent extension of the pandemic-era relief policy was more complicated than previous ones.
Here’s what borrowers need to know. |
| Student loan debt swelled under Biden, despite historic forgiveness | Former President Joe Biden forgave more student debt than any other president.
Still, the country’s outstanding federal education debt balance is higher today than when Biden entered the White House.
The data shows how hard it is to make a ... |
| Biden has promised a student loan forgiveness decision this month. Here are 5 things borrowers can do while they wait | President Joe Biden has said he’ll be making his decision on student loan forgiveness this month.
Here’s what to know while waiting for more news, as well as some steps you can take to be prepared for a possible announcement. |
| Student loan forgiveness could fall through for 30 million borrowers. If it does, consider these 4 relief options | If the legal challenges to Biden’s sweeping student loan forgiveness prove successful, many borrowers will likely be in need of other relief measures.
The existing policies include options for deferring payments if you’re financially strugg... |
| Millions of borrowers may be eligible for a refund on student loan payments made during Covid. Here’s what to know | The U.S. Department of Education says that many borrowers eligible for President Joe Biden’s forgiveness plan who made payments on their debt during the pandemic-era pause on the bills will automatically be refunded.
More than 9 million peo... |
| While Biden administration withdrew student loan forgiveness plans, there is still debt relief available | While the Biden administration withdrew its sweeping student loan forgiveness plans, borrowers should still look into the existing debt cancellation programs.
Those include the U.S. Department of Education’s income-driven repayment plans, a... |
| Missed the last student loan forgiveness deadline? There may still be other options for relief | There’s good news for at least some of the student loan borrowers who missed the April 30 deadline to qualify for quicker debt forgiveness: They may still be eligible for other relief options.
Here’s what to know.
There’s good news for at l... |
| Now that your student loan was forgiven, here’s what experts say you should do next | The Biden administration has erased the student debt of more than 450,000 people, and more relief may be coming.
Here’s what those borrowers’ next steps should be, experts say. |
| What to be wary of before taking on private student loans | The $130 billion private student loan market has grown more than 70% over the last decade.
Consumer advocates caution that the loans can be pricey with unforgiving terms. |
| Biden is forgiving $39 billion in student debt for 804,000 borrowers — here’s who qualifies | The Supreme Court concluded President Joe Biden didn’t have the power to broadly cancel people’s student debt balances, but his administration is using existing regulatory authority to wipe the debts of over 800,000 people.
Here’s what to k... |
| What borrowers need to know about Biden administration’s reforms to the public service loan forgiveness program | Many borrowers are finally due to get their student loans excused under the public service loan forgiveness program, after reforms by the Biden administration.
Here are the steps you should take to make sure you’re included. |
| Could Trump reinstate the student debt that Biden forgave? Here’s what experts say | Millions of student loan borrowers have had their debt forgiven under the Biden administration.
Could President-elect Donald Trump take back that relief? Here’s what to know.
The Biden administration has forgiven a record amount of federal ... |
| How to prepare for student loan payments to restart in 3 months | If nothing changes, federal student loan bills will resume in May after being on pause for more than two years.
Borrowers should start preparing now, experts say. |
| White House targets ‘junk fees’ on student loans and other higher education costs | The White House touted its actions to reduce the expenses burdening students, including moving to end origination fees on student loans.
The “reforms would save students and borrowers billions in unnecessary fees and improve the college and... |
| Refinancing student debt is risky amid Biden forgiveness push. Borrowers ‘forever lose access’ to safety nets, advocates say | As protections and relief options for federal student loan borrowers grow, refinancing your debt may be a riskier move than it once was, consumer advocates warn.
“We have seen, time and time again, private student loan borrowers left out of... |
| Follow this rule of thumb to avoid taking on too much student debt, college experts say | Many high school students should be getting their college acceptance letters around this time of the year.
As people weigh which school to attend, making sure they won’t need to borrow too much is key, experts say. |
| How to figure out when (and if) you’ll get student loan forgiveness | The Biden administration has forgiven the student debt of nearly 4 million borrowers.
How to know when and if your turn will come.
Over the last few years, the Biden administration has repeatedly announced that it was forgiving student debt... |
| 4 strategies for avoiding taking on too much student debt in college | On College Decision Day, one key consideration should be picking a school that doesn’t require taking on too much student debt, experts say.
Pulling from savings, looking for aid and working while in school are all additional strategies to ... |
| Women with student loan debt face ‘multiple financial pressures,’ expert says. These tips may help with repayment | Nearly two-thirds of the country’s outstanding student debt is held by women.
CNBC spoke to student loan and financial experts about how women can best manage their education debt.
Nearly two-thirds of the country’s outstanding student debt... |
| 3 options for struggling student loan borrowers when payments restart | With other household debt on the rise, the restart of student loan payments in less than two months may cause financial hardship for many Americans.
Fortunately, they have options. |
| Interest rates are expected to rise in 2022—here are 4 ways to prepare | With Goldman Sachs predicting that the Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark interest rate by a full percentage point this year, you might be worrying that interest rate hikes could affect your finances.
The federal funds rate, which is ... |
| JPMorgan says college-planning firm it bought lied about its scale. Consumers may have been misled, too | The founder of a college planning platform allegedly lied to Chase to convince the bank to acquire it.
Consumers who used the platform may have also been deceived.
Before JPMorgan acquired the startup in 2021, lawmakers and a consumer watch... |
| After being on pause for more than 3 years, student loan payments are expected to resume soon | Student loan payments are expected to resume soon after the Supreme Court makes its ruling on the Biden administration’s forgiveness plan.
Borrowers can take these steps to get ready, according to experts. |
| With college bills due soon, families should know the risks of private student loans | With most college bills due this month, some parents and students may be considering taking out private student loans.
The option can be risky and expensive, consumer advocates say. |
| What the Fed’s likely rate hikes could mean for student loan borrowers | Rising interest rates will impact both federal and private student loan borrowers.
Here’s what you need to know about the changes. |
| Biden administration withdraws student loan forgiveness plans. What borrowers should know | The Biden administration has withdrawn two major plans to deliver student loan forgiveness to millions of Americans.
Here’s what borrowers should know.
The Biden administration has withdrawn two major plans to deliver student loan forgivene... |
| Student loan borrowers may face higher payments under Trump | Consumer advocates are worried about the fate of the U.S. Department of Education's new affordable repayment option for borrowers, known as SAVE, under President-elect Donald Trump.
That program was supposed to cut in half monthly bills for... |
| Here’s what new college graduates need to know about their federal student loan payments | College graduates who recently received their diplomas may be dreading the next milestone: the start of their federal student loan payments.
Here’s what borrowers should know.
College graduates who recently received their diplomas may be dr... |
