Key Points Thirty-three colleges now advertise free tuition to families earning $100,000 or more, and 12 of them set the threshold at...

The Student Aid Index (SAI) is the key metric that colleges use to calculate your financial need as a relates to providing financial aid...

Dollar-cost averaging is a simple but effective strategy for addressing stock market volatility. Instead of trying to time the market with...

Every 529 plan has an account owner and a beneficiary. Most families spend a lot of time thinking about the beneficiary and almost none...

Key Points For most families, the best 529 plan is your own state’s plan: most states only give the tax break if you use their plan,...

Starting July 1, 2026, the federal government is capping how much graduate students and parents can borrow for college. The Federal Grad...

The federal government does not have the legal authority to forgive all student loans through executive action. But in narrow...

Only 38% of college students graduate without any student loan debt, but the ones who pull it off don’t always do it the way...

Borrowers who were defrauded by their college may be able to get their federal student loans canceled and previous payments refunded by...

Key Points Entry-level software developer jobs have declined nearly 20% since 2022, with other AI-exposed entry-level roles like customer...