Your options to avoid collections when your student loans are in default.

President Donald Trump has announced plans to start collecting payments for defaulted federal student loans starting in May.

The U.S. Department of Education has resumed involuntary collections on defaulted student loans, ending a five-year pause ...

Beginning May 5, the Department of Education restarted collecting on defaulted federal student loans, which had previously ...

Shortly after the Trump administration resumed collection efforts on defaulted federal student loans, the Education ...

The restart comes as part of the Trump administration's "focus on recouping payments from defaulted student loan borrowers" ...

Borrowers now face tough choices—begin repayment or risk serious penalties such as wage garnishment and seizure of tax ...

The Trump administration is reversing a Biden-era policy that would have protected a larger portion of monthly checks for ...

Between collections resuming, courts blocking student loan programs and layoffs at the Education Department, borrowers might be confused about the status of their student loans.

The U.S. Department of Education began notifying borrowers in default that involuntary collections, such as wage garnishment, tax refund seizure and Social Security offsets, will resume. This is a ...