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  • Here’s How Much the Class of 2016 Owes on Their Student Loans

    By Beth Braverman

    Students who graduated from college in 2016 with educational loans borrowed slightly less to pay for school than those who finished in 2015, new data shows.

  • The Best Colleges for Older Students

    By Beth Braverman

    By 2020, nearly one in five students in higher educations will be over the age of 35.

  • Students take their seats for the diploma ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge

    5 Things You Need to Know About the New FAFSA Deadline for College Aid

    By Beth Braverman

    High school seniors who are college-bound may still be visiting schools and studying for their SATs, but they need to add one more task to their fall to-do list: Fill out the FAFSA. In previous years...

  • Upper Middle Class Student

    Clinton's Public College Plan Gives Wealthy Kids a Free Education

    By Preston Cooper

    Democrats may finally be waking up to the reality that free tuition at all public colleges and universities would be a giveaway to richer Americans who do not need help paying for higher education...

  • Here’s Why You Should Never Co-Sign a Loan

    By Janna Herron

    Of course, you want to help your kid out. But skip co-signing that car loan unless you’re willing and able to foot the entire bill, because there’s a good chance you’ll have to. Almost two in five co...

  • 6 Ways Student Loan Payments Are Making Our Lives Worse

    By Beth Braverman

    The high cost of student loans is continuing to affect Americans’ life choices, to the point that many people say they would have selected a cheaper way of getting a college education if they had it...

  • The Hidden Cost of a College Education

    By Beth Braverman

    Now that a few weeks have passed since National College Decision Day, the elation (and relief) of finally committing to a school may be wearing off. You probably already calculated the financial aid...

  • Which Money Worries Keep You Up at Night?

    By Janna Herron

    Three in five adults are losing sleep over financial anxieties, according to a new poll, with women more likely to find themselves up at night than men. Older Americans were the most likely to get a...

  • FILE PHOTO - Graduates celebrate receiving a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University during the year's commencement ceremony in New York in this May 18, 2005 file photo. dreams of many college seniors. REUTERS/Chip East/Files

    How You Can Escape Student Loan Repayment

    By Millie Dent

    If your dream job is to be a teacher, a public defender or to milk cows in North Dakota, you’re in luck. A number of programs will forgive your student loan debt—if you’re eligible. These state and...

  • Student loan interest

    How Obama Wants to Make It Easier to Pay Your Student Loan

    By Brianna McGurran, NerdWallet

    Can you name your student loan servicer? If the federal government’s new proposal goes according to plan, you won’t have to. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it wants to...

  • Here’s How Much You Can Save When Your Employer Helps With Student Loans

    By Beth Braverman

    As employers explore different ways to lure millennial workers, a growing number of companies are providing a benefit that offers assistance with student loan payments. A new analysis by NerdWallet...

  • 10 Fast and Cheap Ways to Pay Off Student Debt

    By Kristen Kuchar, Brad's Deals

    College is the best time of many people's lives, but if you're one of the 40 million Americans saddled with student debt, it might not be such a fond memory anymore. Sure, you get a monthly reminder...

  • Here are 14 Small Cultural Differences in this ‘YUGE” Generation

    By Alex Leo, The Fiscal Times

    I come from a family with a variety of generational labels. My mother is a "Baby-Boomer," a group responsible for the downfall of America according to my "Silent-Majority" father. Boomers were also...

  • Here’s Why It Takes Women Longer to Pay Off Student Loans

    By Millie Dent

    Student loans haunt millions of workers, but new research has found that they can be even more of a strain for women, due in part to the gender-based pay gap. A report from the American Association...

  • Forget Bernie Sanders: Here’s How You Can Go to a Top College for Free

    By Jacqueline Leo

    Bernie Sanders’ plan to offer free public college to all is not as far-fetched as some might think. The only caveat — you have to go to school in Germany and have good grades. More than 4,600 U.S...

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