“Non-professional” graduate students can take out up to $20,500 per year, and up to $100,000 in total. “Professional” ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made a lot of changes to the federal student loan system. One of those changes put a new cap ...

While many see exclusion from the Department of Education's list of professional degrees as a loss of status and access, ...

Over 140 bipartisan lawmakers wrote to oppose the Education Department's plan to place new student-loan limits on nursing ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" Act imposes a stricter limit on the amount of Parent PLUS loans that families of undergraduate students can borrow. It also reduces the amount of PLUS and ...

Trump's administration is changing student-loan borrowing caps for advanced degrees. Advocates said it could worsen the ...

The Education Department will lower graduate loan caps to $100,000 in 2026, while “professional” programs are allowed higher limits.

Some nursing jobs require no advanced degree, and research shows nurses typically complete their degrees with loan amounts under the new cap. However, the proposed change would put a new burden on ...

Programs that made the cut, like lawyers and doctors, can borrow up to $200,000. Those that did not, including nurses, can ...

The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" lowers the amount of federal student loans available to borrowers. As a result, college students, particularly medical students, may have to take out more private loans, ...

Nursing programs may no longer be considered professional degrees, which would limit student loan borrowing limits. What does ...

Health care workers are raising concerns about the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to narrow which graduate programs ...