financial aid

Over the last week, the Biden administration has dropped more hints that its decision on debt forgiveness could come before the midterms.

Here are the top public and private colleges with the most generous financial aid packages, according to The Princeton Review.

A Maine university is forgiving an average of approximately $2,100 in debt for hundreds of its students. This week, notices went out to more than 730 students at the University of Southern Maine (USM) explaining that the school had automatically deducted that amount from their accounts. “We’ve gotten some really positive notes from students saying, ‘wow, this is a big…

The University of Southern main is forgiving an average of more than $2,000 in debt for hundreds of its students.

Sixteen Ivy League and elite U.S. universities were sued in federal court for allegedly illegally conspiring to eliminate competitive financial aid offers to students in a price fixing scheme. The suit alleges the conspiracy artificially inflated the cost of attendance for all students receiving financial aid and resulted in the overcharging of “over 170,000 financial-aid recipients by at least hundreds…

For so many students, senior year can be an exciting time as they prepare for college, but for immigrant students without a green card or permanent residence, the options to pay for that education are extremely limited. For thousands of immigrant students, access to federal aid is not an option, and now there are calls for the Biden administration to…

For so many students, senior year can be an exciting time as they prepare for college, but for immigrant students without a green card or permanent residence, the options to pay for that education are extremely limited.

Whether you’re heading to college online or by the hybrid learning model this fall, it’s crucial to make sure higher education is still affordable. Consumer Reports offers some advice on how to get additional financial aid even if some deadlines have gone by.