Questions & answers
Your questions: New limits on federal student loans are steering many borrowers toward private lenders
Compiled Nov 6
Will the legal fight over which programs count as 'professional' be permanently resolved?
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' capped professional degree programs at $200,000 and other graduate programs at $100,000 in federal loans.
Will more colleges actually lower tuition in response to the new loan caps?
The reporting doesn’t answer this yet.
How will the caps affect access to graduate and professional programs for low-income students over time?
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' capped professional degree programs at $200,000 and other graduate programs at $100,000 in federal loans.
What happens to borrowing options once all the loan cap changes are fully phased in?
The reporting doesn’t answer this yet.