As of June 2025, the best interest rates on private student loans started around 3.19% for fixed-rate loans and between 4% ...

Interest is set to begin accruing for the 8 million borrowers enrolled in former President Joe Biden's SAVE repayment plan, ...

On May 30, the Education Department’s Federal Student Aid office announced the new federal student loan interest rates for the 2025-2026 school year. The following rates apply to all loans ...

The Department of Education announced Wednesday it will restart interest for nearly 8 million student loan borrowers on the ...

Federal student loan rates dropped slightly for the 2025-26 school year, but are they the most affordable option?

For example, let’s say you owe $28,950 in student loans with an 8% interest rate. If you could refinance to a 6% rate, you’d save $3,059 in interest charges over a 10-year repayment term.

It will kick back in on Aug. 1 for people in the SAVE repayment program, whose payments have been on hold since last summer.

The federal cap on the amounts people can borrow means some of them will fall short. That’s especially true for students in ...

The Department of Education will resume student loan interest payments on Aug. 1, slamming President Biden for using loan ...

The Department of Education's announcement gives borrowers just weeks to consider their options before interest begins ...

Ascent's non-cosigned, credit-based undergraduate student loans offer fixed interest rates ranging from 8.49% to 14.01% APR and variable interest rates ranging from 8.25% to 13.61% APR.