If your federal student loan hasn't yet entered repayment, you won't be eligible to enroll in a repayment plan yet. Repayment starts six months after graduation or if your enrollment drops below half-time, unless you enroll in another program, like graduate school, before the grace period ends.

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, here’s where things stand with student loan forgiveness, and what borrowers should know.

While actually shuttering the department would require an act of Congress, the president's promises and recent actions in office—including signing a flurry of legally dubious Executive Orders—have left borrowers confused and worried.

President Trump could order the U.S. Department of Education to shut down. Jill Schlesinger has tips for student loan borrowers if that happens.