With new limits on federal lending, many students will need private loans and some could be shut out. See the data, program ...

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 ...

The new limits on graduate student borrowing enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) mark a decisive shift away from the era of effectively unlimited federal lending. To understand why, it ...

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Education groups have raised alarms about a proposed regulation that would exclude education from a list of “professional” graduate degrees and limit federal loans for students studying to become ...

・Pell Grants and most federal grant programs are restricted to undergraduate students, so graduate students must actively seek out other funding sources. ・University-based fellowships and teaching or ...