Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans are often the cheapest borrowing option, followed by Direct Plus Loans and private graduate ...

Federal legislation enacted in July 2025 makes significant changes to how graduate and professional students can finance their education using federal student loans. These changes take effect July 1, ...

A new federal reality threatens to make graduate school a luxury for the wealthy. To protect first-generation and inde ...

Students who have federal loans going into graduate school will not have to worry about repayment plans because those loans enter in-school deferment. This deferment extends to students enrolled at ...

A new law will mean lower federal loan limits for some students and parents who help pay. Changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect on July 1, 2026, and could impact your ability to pay ...

Graduate students may apply for Federal Direct Loans by submitting a FAFSA. Legacy borrowers may apply for Federal Direct PLUS Loans. Your financial aid award notification will include details about ...

The U.S. Department of Education is weighing public feedback on a narrowed definition of who is considered a "professional" student.

Among the many major changes to federal financial aid policy in Congress’s budget reconciliation bill, one could have an underreported but outsize effect on both college finances and educational ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Amid a complicated federal financial aid system, Pell Grants are the largest source of federal funds for college that students do ...

Many Boston University graduate and doctoral students said though it is tedious to search for funding through fellowships, grants and loans, they are satisfied with their financial aid. When a student ...

For the most part, college costs keep rising, along with the amount students have to borrow to help cover the tab. But more than half of students earning bachelor’s degrees from public four-year ...