Follow these five tips to save for retirement while paying off student loans, including using contributions to lower your income and taking advantage of a workplace match.

Contributing to a 401(k) or other pre-tax retirement account lowers your taxable income and thus, your student loan payment ...

Though the government shutdown – officially the longest in US history – entered its 38th full day on Friday, some borrowers have started to receive notifications that they are eligible for student ...

On average, class of 2024 graduates who took out loans left college with $29,890 in student loan debt. On its own, that's a lot to stomach. But with a 4.24% interest rate (the average ...

(NerdWallet) – After a five-year suspension that began in March 2020, the Trump administration is turning the student loan default collections machine back on. Millions of borrowers with defaulted ...

If your loans are in default and you received a letter that your account will be transferred to collections, here's what to do. Tiffany Wendeln Connors was a senior editor for CNET Money with a focus ...

More than 5 million student loan borrowers in default may have a portion of their paychecks withheld. On May 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education announced that nearly 195,000 student loan ...

After a five-year suspension that began in March 2020, the Trump administration is turning the student loan default collections machine back on. Millions of borrowers with defaulted loans are poised ...