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Frustrated by the lack of affordable colleges at home, U.S. students are looking overseas to get an education. Universities in Canada even farther afield offer comparable quality at a lower cost -- but ... More »Americans Look Abroad to Avoid Student Loan Blues

President Barack Obama is proposing the most sweeping changes to the federal student aid program in decades. His plan would link federal dollars to new Education Department ratings of colleges and universities, ... More »What Does Obama Want to Do With College Costs?

In a sign of the soaring costs of higher education, one school became the first college in the nation to top $60,000. More »Top 10 Most Expensive Colleges in America

Many people sought shelter from the recession by heading to graduate school, but enrollment has declined as the economy has improved. More »10 Things Grad Schools Won’t Tell You

A modern-day Forest Gump. More »Philly College Grad Plans Epic 1,000-Mile Run to Pay Off Student Loan Debt

In 1993, the world went crazy for Beanie Babies. Then the Beanie Baby bubble burst. How a beanie baby obsession impacted this family. More »A Family Spent $100,000 on Beanie Babies to Put Their Kids Through College

Walmart is emerging as the pricing bully in this year’s back-to-school shopping game, as it offers drastic discounts over other major retailers. More »Walmart Undercuts Rivals in Back-to-School Battle

Free no more, This spring, Cooper Union decided to start charging students for half of its $38,000 tuition. Students at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Sciences in New York City are still protesting ... More »The Colleges Where Tuition Is Still Free

Ken Ilgunas chronicles his journey out of debt. More »Duke Grad Student Secretly Lived In a Van to Escape Loan Debt

Earlier this year, the Federal Advisory Council, a group of bankers that advise the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, warned that the growth in student loan debt has "parallels to the housing ... More »Paying for Your Child's College Education: A Timeline

One of the nuances that often gets lost in discussions about student debt is that the biggest borrowers aren't necessarily the riskiest borrowers. There are many people who take out modest loans but have ... More »These 2 Maps About Student Loans Explode One of the Biggest Myths About Student  …

Parents who are footing more of the college tuition bill for their children give them a better chance of graduating. But a surprising new study finds they may not be doing them any favors in another area ... More »Study: Parental Support Sends Down College GPA

You don't have to be a victim of student debt. Here are 5 tuition-free or tuition-reduced schools are easy on the wallet and high on value. More »5 Colleges You Can Go to for Free

A NerdWallet analysis of 300,000 senior exit surveys finds that graduates of these 10 university programs earn the highest starting salaries in the U.S. More »The 10 Best Colleges For Your Bank Account

Students graduated from these universities owing between $5,000 and $47,000 in 2011 More »Colleges that Lead to the Most and Least Debt

MIT for the masses? Elite universities transform online education with free cyber courses. More »Elite Colleges Transform Online Higher Education

Most college students will be returning to campus later this month, and they’ll spend an estimated average of $655 on textbooks for the school year.That sounds low to me – more like what I’d spend in a ... More »11 Ways to Save Big on College Textbooks