Your student loan becomes delinquent as soon as you miss a payment, and the consequences become more serious the longer your ...

Defaulting on federal student loans, defined as being 270 days past due, can lead to wage garnishment and withheld federal ...

The Department of Education will delay garnishing wages and intercepting federal income tax refunds.

If a balance is present, call the servicer and ask for forbearance — a stay in making payments typically due to hardship — “right now," said Betsy Mayotte, president of The Institute of Student Loan ...

The U.S. Department of Education has extended the pandemic-era pause on collection efforts of defaulted student loan ...

The Department of Education will soon begin garnishing wages for defaulted federal student loans. Borrowers currently in ...

As student debt makes headlines again, Wisconsin Watch talked to an expert about how to get a degree without borrowing more than you can pay back.

The Wisconsin Coalition on Student Debt runs a free, confidential helpline for borrowers and prospective borrowers. Wisconsin Watch spoke to Executive Director Carole Trone about wage garnishment, ...

But with polling showing many borrowers feel like they can’t meet their basic needs like food and health care costs because ...

The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it will begin garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default early next year. The department said it will send notices to approximately ...

The Trump administration recently sent out roughly one thousand letters to borrowers with student loan default, and some may ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS There are about 3.1 million federal student loan borrowers ages 62 or older, and the average borrower in this age group holds about $44,161 in student loan debt.This age group, many of ...