The "Financial Aid Shopping Sheet" gives college-bound students what they have been craving: real numbers and a format that makes sense of a huge financial...
According to the CFPB's estimates, outstanding student loan debt in the United States topped $1 trillion in 2011 — $864 billion of federal student debt and...
Servicemembers and veterans are very attractive to for-profit colleges because they fill a need to enroll students who are not using Title IV federal...
We are the first agency ever created with the sole purpose of protecting consumers in the financial marketplace. It is no easy task, but it is crucial...
Higher education is a critical part of the American dream. But for many students today, this dream can only be realized through borrowing. Figuring out how...
We are turning the corner out of the most damaging and frightening financial crisis of our lifetimes. As we move into a future reshaped by this crisis, we...
Let me emphasize at the outset that we all have certain goals in common: a strong and vibrant financial sector; the ability to earn and maintain the...
The Bureau today launched the next phase of its Know Before You Owe student loan project by releasing a beta version of the Financial Aid Comparison...
I deeply believe that reporters play an important role in ensuring our government operates fairly, efficiently, and honestly. This role includes a new task...
The CFPB will assist all borrowers experiencing problems taking out a private student loan, repaying their private student loan, or managing a student loan...
I said that I would always welcome your thoughts about our work. I stand by that commitment. I am pleased to be here with you today to tell you about our...
Moreover, we need and want to hear from you. At every stage, I believe that input from Congress will help improve our work and our ability to deliver real...
Servicemembers, veterans and their families are eager to earn college degrees. And there is an increasing effort by for-profit colleges to enroll them, due...
Private student loans are financial products used for higher education that are not originated through the federal student loan program. Many students...
Our mission at the CFPB is to help consumer financial markets work by making rules more effective, by consistently and fairly enforcing those rules, and by...
This is why the CFPB is assisting the Department of Education with creating a "financial aid shopping sheet" that colleges could use to improve information...
Today, I'd like to talk about how the Bureau is working to make a better student loan market, and I'd like to announce an exciting initiative with the...
The draft shopping sheet – a model financial aid disclosure form – makes the costs and risks of student loans clear upfront, before students have enrolled...
