Interest rates on subsidized Stafford Loans are set to double July 1, 2013. June 3, 2013— -- You've heard vague mentions of interest rates doubling on some student loans and it makes your stomach ...

When people refer to Stafford Loans, they generally mean federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Melanie Lockert is a Buy Side contributor and ...

For context, a freshman with four years of college to go could pay nearly $1,700 more over the life of her loans. The cost of borrowing money is going up because Congress passed a law last summer that ...

The Congressional Budget Office estimates Stafford loan rates would increase under the proposal to 5 percent in 2014, and 7.7 percent in 2023. U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Indianapolis, a Munster native ...

ollege costs keep spiraling upward, and now the cost of borrowing to pay for higher education is about to spike, too. Students, and their parents, have taken comfort in a half-decade of ultra-cheap ...

WASHINGTON – The days of fixed-rate student loans could be coming to a close, with House Republicans on Thursday advancing a proposal that would link rates to financial markets. The GOP-led House ...

WASHINGTON - Dismissing a veto threat from President Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in a vote largely ...