Annie Nova

Key Points Around 1 in 5 Gen Z students search for scholarships on TikTok at least once a week, according to a survey by private student lender Sallie.

Key Points The U.S. Department of Education is providing conflicting information on whether Grad PLUS loans will count toward the new lifetime

Key Points The second season of Emmy-winning Netflix show “Beef” takes on steep health insurance deductibles, reflecting the pain many Americans experience from their medical costs.

Key Points The private student loan market is projected to expand, after President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act established new borrowing limits on federal education loans for graduate students.

Key Points Total auto debt soared to $1.68 trillion at the end of 2025 — a 37% increase since late 2018, according to a new analysis by The Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers, provided exclusively to CNBC

Student loan defaults are showing up on consumers' credit reports for the first time since the Covid pandemic, a new blog by the New York Fed shows.

Federal student loan interest rates will rise in the 2026-27 academic year, according to an exclusive analysis provided to CNBC.

Changes to the U.S. Department of Education's income-driven repayment plans will impact many student loan borrowers' timelines to debt cancellation.

Key Points Two new federal student loan repayment plans will soon be available to millions of borrowers: the Repayment Assistance Plan, or RAP, and the Tiered Standard Plan.

Key Points Federal student loan holders who take on more debt or consolidate after July 1 will face fewer repayment and debt forgiveness pathways.