"Nelnet Inc. has sold a $660 million student loan-backed deal, according to a person familiar with the matter," Dow Jones Newswires reports. "The sale of such asset-backed deals after the effective end of a Federal Reserve program to boost this market, is

In my experience, a big part of the process of picking a credit card is weighing all the different programs available to choose from. There are cards that give cash back, reward points, air miles, and all sorts of other benefits. Some cards even deposit a

"Sallie Mae extended the distance between itself and the rest of the field with a 47% surge in new guarantees which gives them a market share of 29%," Student Lending Analytics reports. "The consolidation of the FFELP originators continued in FY09 with th

One of the major benefits of student loan consolidation is that in most cases, it can lower your monthly payments and make repaying your loans much more affordable. In some cases, you can see reductions of up to half your monthly payment (estimated on the

Hopefully by now you have sent in your FAFSA form, and you are probably wondering, what do I do now?

CALSA's Scholarship Program offers financial assistance to support the education of Latina/Latino students. Student scholarships are in the amount of $1,000 per student. To use during the upcoming academic year at a college or university of the students c

One question we often receive is how much a student can take out per year in federal Stafford loans. I’ve gone ahead and compiled all that information for you here. Note that these figures are the totals, including subsidized and unsubsidized Staffo

"It must have been frustrating for officials at the Congressional Budget Office to read Sen. Lamar Alexander's op-ed in Sunday's Washington Post. In the column, the Republican Senator from Tennessee mistakenly cites work done by the CBO to argue that a bi

The consolidation section of our Financial Aid forum is consistently littered with questions about how to consolidate certain types of loans. One useful, but tricky loan type is the Parent PLUS.

Let's face it, college life can get pricey. Every day, students from coast to coast throw their money away without realizing that some of the biggest costs in college can be easily avoided if you're willing to be a bit resourceful.