President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward. Full story
Sixty-five percent of graduates take out loans with the average debt at $26,600. The burden of repaying these loans is causing graduates to delay buying a house or a car or even starting a family. Full story
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is hoping to relieve the debt burden of millions of students who have borrowed to pay for their education — especially New Yorkers, who average nearly $30,000 in student debt. Full story
It’s graduation time. While that’s supposed to be a joyous time for grads and their families the plain truth is that college grads are coming into a world of uncertainty: debt, lack of jobs, the prospect of no social security. Senior Fellow at Auburn Seminary Valarie Kaur, Columbia Professor Dorian
It's graduation season, but once the degree is in hand will it be worth the price tag? Full story
House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. Full story
Banks pay much lower interest rates to borrow money from the federal government than students do. Chris Hayes talks to Senator Elizabeth Warren about her new bill to end this disparity.
The interest rate on many student loans will double on July 1 to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent. CNBC's Cindy Perman and Simon Hobbs discuss.
Ballooning student loan debt is keeping money out of housing, reports CNBC's Diana Olick.
Americans owe roughly $1 trillion on student loans, and as college graduates encounter difficulties with high monthly payments, the universities they attended are suing to get the borrowed money back. CNBC’s Scott Cohn reports.
Are student loans the new subprime? There's about $1 trillion worth outstanding, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.
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Students march on Hollywood Boulevard while protesting the rising costs of student loans for higher education on September 22, 2012. The average college student who graduated in 2011 had $26,600 in student loans, according to a new report, which estimates two-thirds of last year’s college graduates
msnbc.com's cartoonists weigh in on tuition and student loans.
