Understand the types, eligibility and repayment plans for federal student loans ...

Federal graduate student loan options include Direct Unsubsidized Loans and Direct Plus Loans. Direct Unsubsidized Loans typically offer the best interest rates and terms, followed by Direct Plus ...

Maryland students are searching for options as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act changes federal student loan programs by ending Grad PLUS loans and capping other graduate loans. The One Big Beautiful ...

Over 2,500 IU students could lose federal loans next year, impacting graduate programs and a nurse shortage in Indiana. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted in July, placed new federal loan caps ...

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Graduate and professional school students are about to experience an unprecedented funding gap. Thanks to One Big Beautiful Bill’s elimination of the Grad PLUS loan program – which allowed borrowing ...

THEIR EDUCATION. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND SAYS AROUND 6000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM BORROWED FROM THE GRAD PLUS LOAN PROGRAM LAST YEAR. BUT THAT PROGRAM WILL SOON BE ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — If you go to college, chances are you have a federal student loan: 28% of undergraduate students borrow federal loans to pay for college, and 61% of graduate students borrow federal ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was enacted in July 2025. This legislation includes significant changes in federal student loan programs effective July 1, 2026. The University of Delaware ...

WASHINGTON,DC - SEPTEMBER 30: Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks with President Donald J Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. The ...

Connecticut lawmakers propose providing graduate students with loans to make up for federal student loans that were eliminated in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” signed by President Donald Trump last ...