Posts Tagged ‘student loan’
Back to School Bonus: Interest Rates Drop on Federal Student Loans
Families with students heading off to college this fall take note: The interest rates on all newly-issued federal loans have been reduced for the coming academic year — but those reductions are much more pronounced for student borrowers than for their parents.1 For instance, the interest rate on Stafford subsidized and unsubsidized loans for undergraduates…
Read MoreMaking the Grade: Test Your Knowledge of Key College Planning Facts
The latest report on college costs published by the College Board brought some good news: The increases in tuition and fees for the 2014-2015 academic year were lower than the average annual increases in the past 30 years across all sectors included in the study. Yet even though college price increases are not accelerating, the…
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