In addition to federal student loan forgiveness options, all states in the U.S. have a debt forgiveness program to help struggling students.

The student loan debt tax bomb can happen when you have to pay taxes on the student loan forgiveness you received. However, most people will avoid the tax bomb due to a tax process called insolvency.

The Department of Education has finalized restrictions on public service loan forgiveness and may stop some people from getting the balance of their federal student loans cleared. The department plans ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 03: Education Secretary Linda McMahon testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee about the proposed ...