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Big News for Borrowers: FAFSA Opens Early for 2026-27
The U.S. Department of Education has made a major move to help college-bound students and their families: the 2026-27 Free…
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October 15, 2018
Repaying Student Loans While Unemployed
How to Handle Your Student Loans When You’re Unemployed Many recent college graduates have found themselves in an unforgiving position.…
October 10, 2018
Are Private Student Loans the Best Option for You?
For many of today’s students, student loans are the only effective way to get the education you want. You want…
October 5, 2018
Refinance Student Loans Through a Credit Union and Better Manage Debt
Student loans are one of the heaviest debt burdens carried by many millennials–not to mention the generations that come after…
September 26, 2018
How to Start a Small Business When You have Student Loan Debt
Millennials may very well be the “small business” generation. Approximately 30 percent of millennials have already started a small business…
September 17, 2018
The History of Student Loans
Today, student loans are an integral part of the college experience. With the rising cost of college, fewer and fewer…
August 2, 2018
Can You Get Student Loans With Bad Credit?
Your credit score can make or break your ability to be approved for many types of loans. It influences offered…
July 16, 2018
Beginning Your Student Loan Application: A Guide for High School Students
It’s never too early to start preparing for college. In fact, if you’re in your junior or senior year of…
July 10, 2018
How To Get Student Loan Forgiveness
A 2017 Federal Reverse report found that 42 percent of Americans who went to college ended up taking on some…
June 30, 2018
Behind the Curtain: Generation Z Students in College
The more we change, the more we stay the same. Countless research has been devoted to understanding how various generations…
June 8, 2018
5 Reasons to Refinance Your Parent PLUS Student Loan
Many parents choose to take out Parent PLUS Loans to help their child or children afford the cost of college.…
May 29, 2018
Generation Z Goes to College: How They Compare to Previous Generations
Millennials might be the hottest topic of discussion shaping many product discussions, but not when it comes to going off…
May 17, 2018
LendKey: Enabling Dreams – Student Loan Payoff
Have you ever fantasized about a stranger walking up to you in public while you were minding your own businesses,…