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November 3, 2011
WSJ.com
The average debt of college seniors who graduated in 2010 with student loans rose 5% from a year earlier to $25,250, according to a report. That figure doesn't include data from for-profit colleges, like the University of Phoenix, whose ...
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October 26, 2011
WSJ.com
DENVER—President Barack Obama unveiled a plan Wednesday to ease the burden of student debt, speaking in personal terms about the high cost of college.
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October 25, 2011
MarketWatch
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Barack Obama is set to unveil Wednesday a plan to reduce the burden of student loans on college graduates as the amount of debt for higher education surges.
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October 24, 2011
WSJ.com
Paul Gigot: This week on "The Journal Editorial Report," from Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan to Rick Perry's flat-tax proposal, is real tax reform finally possible? Plus, with many Occupy Wall Street protesters demanding ...
October 4, 2011
SmartMoney.com
1.Your co-signer could do you more harm than good Before they will lend thousands of dollars to a college-bound 18-year-old, many lenders will require a cosigner. Approximately 80% or more of private loans have a cosigner, according to the ...
September 16, 2011
SmartMoney.com
As many students and parents struggle to make payments on their student loans, many are finding this debt comes with some serious strings attached.
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August 21, 2011
WSJ.com
With tuition bills due in a few weeks, a growing number of banks are offering stretched parents and students new, fixed-rate loans that promise protection from the specter of rising rates -- for a price.
August 19, 2011
SmartMoney.com
With tuition bills due in a few weeks, a growing number of banks are offering stretched parents and students new, fixed-rate loans that promise protection from the specter of rising rates -- for a price.
May 10, 2011
SmartMoney.com
In 2010, two thirds of bachelor's-degree recipients graduated with education debt, including roughly $25,000 per person in student loans, according to estimates by FinAid.org. On average people take 16 to 18 years to repay this debt, ...
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February 5, 2011
WSJ.com
The default rate for federal student loans rose to 13.8% from 11.8% for students beginning repayment in fiscal 2008 compared with those starting a year earlier, according to new data released Friday by the Department of Education.
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December 18, 2010
Barrons.com
Sallie Mae is a real beauty, but few investors are giving her a second look. Sallie, whose formal name is SLM, is a complex, one-of-a-kind financial company, with an attractive business mix that involves holding, originating and servicing ...
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September 18, 2010
MarketWatch
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Citigroup’s sale of its student-loan business may signal the beginning of a wave of consolidation among private lenders who were cut out of the federal college student-loan program this summer.
September 9, 2010
SmartMoney.com
With college costs still climbing—private-college tuition has soared almost a third since 2004—more students are becoming first-time borrowers. Indeed, 53 percent of incoming freshmen reported using loans last fall, the first significant ...
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August 7, 2010
WSJ.com
In July 2006, 25-year-old Christopher Bryski died. His private student loans didn't. Mr. Bryski's family in Marlton, N.J., continues to make monthly payments on his loans—the result of a potentially costly loophole in the rules ...
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