How you help a grandchild pay for college can have a big effect on financial aid…taxes…and estate planning. Here are four options.
A sharp drop in interest rates means students and parents can save thousands of dollars by refinancing education loans while reducing monthly payments.
Instead of getting you relief from your student loan debt, these scams could plunge you into default.
Colleges’ official tuition numbers are just the starting point for negotiation. Here’s how to get the biggest tuition discount possible.
Women now carry nearly twice the burden of student loan debt that men do. Here's why—and how families can help.
The new tax law has made a big change in how you can use a 529 college saving plan, and it has made saving for college even more tricky.
Paying for college is complicated. The ways that colleges decide on aid packages can seem mysterious, and the number of…
A 529 college-savings account can be a great way to save for your child’s or grandchild’s college costs while getting big…
Avoid These Costly Mistakes The cost of college has skyrocketed in recent decades, and so has the burden of student…
Paying for your purchases with credit cards could earn you money for a child’s college education. It even might help…
The Internet is littered with ads promoting the Obama Administration’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Program. There have been TV ads about it,…
In-state tuition and fees have soared over the past 10 years at many state colleges, some of which charge more…
The coffee chain Starbucks drew a lot of attention recently when it announced that it would cover the cost of…
Officials at The George Washington University (GW) recently admitted that the school’s admissions policy is not truly “need-blind,” as it…
Tuition bills are due in August at most colleges, and many families still don’t know how they’ll pay what could…
