Going to college is about to get even more expensive.
At a time when rising tuition costs already weigh heavily on future college graduates and their families, Congress recently passed a Bill raising interest rates on student loans and cutting $13 billion from the federal student loan program. These higher rates promise to have a significant impact on the cost of repaying student loan debt for years to come.
The Bill impacts Stafford loans -popular because they require no credit check or test to qualify-and PLUS loans, available to parents of dependent undergraduate students, regardless of financial need.
Under the new legislation, the interest rate on new Stafford loans will jump to 6.8% from the current rate of 5.3%, while the rate on new PLUS loans will jump to 8.5% from the current rate of 6.1%. Both rates will be fixed.
The average cost of tuition, room and board has climbed at more than double the rate of inflation over the last eight years. Such hikes have also meant skyrocketing student loan debt, which rose more than 70% from $11,400 in 1997 to more than $20,000 in 2005.
The good news for recent grads or students who will graduate...
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