Thousands of former federal student loan borrowers in the United States may soon receive settlement checks worth up to $2,000 following a legal case involving major loan servicer Navient. According to ...

Standard repayment plans for federal student loans are calculated assuming repayment over a 10-year period. But, according to the Education Data Initiative, fewer than 40% of borrowers clear their ...

Millions of Americans are struggling to make their monthly student loan payments. More than 1 in 3 borrowers with federal student loans were at least 30 days late on a payment, as of a June 2025 ...

Payment shock from the end of pandemic loan protections, plan adjustments and higher living costs could push millions of federal student loan borrowers into default. Federal student loan default, ...

Kristen Grau is a staff writer for the Forbes Advisor News Desk. She has over six years of finance writing experience and has previously written for sites like LendingTree, ValuePenguin and Debt.com.