The Education Department cleared more applications than it received in February.

Key Points ・A court filing shows 576,609 borrowers remain stuck in a repayment plan processing backlog, down from 1.4 million ...

More than half a million federal student loan borrowers remain in a backlog of applications for an affordable repayment plan, ...

In an ominous sign for student loan borrowers, the Education Department published new data indicating that backlogs for ...

The Education Department disclosed the information in a May 15 court filing in response to a legal challenge lodged by the American Federation of Teachers. The teachers' union sued the Trump ...

The Education Department released a court-mandated update Monday revealing minimal progress on student loan forgiveness processing. The data, filed with a federal district court overseeing an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Education’s office for handling student loan complaints has a backlog of 27,000 after the Trump administration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An office housed in the U.S. Department of Education has a backlog of over 27,000 complaints from students and student loan ...

In a recent court filing, the Education Dept. disclosed that more than 1.98 million income-driven repayment plan applications were pending as of the end of April. These plans cap student loan ...

Nearly 2 million federal student loan borrowers who've requested to be in an affordable repayment plan are stuck in a backlog of applications, waiting to be approved or denied, according to new data ...