The federal cap on the amounts people can borrow means some of them will fall short. That’s especially true for students in professional schools.

President Donald Trump’s "One Big, Beautiful Bill" included caps on the amount of federal student loans a student can borrow.

The legislation passed by Congress and signed by President Trump last week will change how Americans pay for college and graduate school. Here are the key changes.

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is massively rolling back federal student-loan programs in a nearly complete-180-degree turnaround from the Biden-era debt-forgiveness movement. The

The “big, beautiful bill” that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4 caps how much money grad students can borrow from the federal government. Federal loans are now capped at $100,000 for graduate students and $200,000 for students seeking a doctoral, medical or professional degree.

Congress is on the verge of greenlighting new restrictions capping how much graduate students will be able to borrow from the federal government in a move that some worry will ice marginalized communities out of advanced degrees.

With the educational system in the U.S. seemingly being overhauled, those who are looking to further their education likely have a lot of questions when it comes to loans and financial aid. Thanks to recent legislation,