There is currently $1.7 trillion in outstanding student debt. The cost of college has gone up more than 400 percent in real terms since the mid 1970s, ...

Student debt can lead many people to defer important life decisions and milestones. In a 2001 survey , 36 percent of young people with student loans chose to delay moving out of a family member ...

It may be worth going into debt for college if your degree allows you to do a job you otherwise couldn't, if it allows you to earn more income than you'd have earned without a degree, ...

The much-debated dream of broad-scale debt relief and friendly student loans is fading. This is the beginning of a harsh new era for the roughly 43 million people who hold almost $1.7 trillion in ...

This year’s high school graduates could take on $37,300 in student loan debt in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree, according to NerdWallet analysis of data from the Department of Education.

Assuming the student uses debt to finance this additional cost, we've estimated how long it would take them to pay it off. The average salary for an early-career, 2 college-educated worker in the ...

More than 1 million Virginians owe student loan debt, which can linger for decades. Direct-to-school debt can also prevent students from completing their degrees, because Virginia colleges ...

Still, a college education can open doors to opportunities that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. So even though student loan debt often takes years if not decades to pay off, people are still ...

President Biden’s decision to cancel $10,000 of college debt for virtually all Americans with student debt and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients was a major victory for activists who have long ...

Many borrowers are dismayed after SCOTUS struck down President Biden's student-debt-relief plan. Scarlet Anderson, a 28-year-old college graduate, said that she had "no hope" after the ruling.

Now she works for College Possible, coaching other students through the process, and debating the pursuit of a higher degree. And yes, that would mean taking on more debt.