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In last major batch of student loan relief, Biden forgives $4.5B for 261K borrowers

The Biden administration approved its last major batch of student loan relief Wednesday, greenlighting $4.5 billion in forgiveness for 261,000 borrowers.

‘Please Admit’: Rampant donor preferences alleged in college financial aid lawsuit

Emails and internal records from some of the nation’s most selective universities paint a picture of a system fraught with inequities and looser standards for applicants with rich parents.

Trump’s immigration rhetoric is already impacting college students

Yale and Cornell are among the universities cautioning foreign students against international travel, while students from mixed-status families have new concerns about their FAFSA data.

With a Republican trifecta in Washington, a new era of college oversight is on its way

Republicans have become increasingly critical of "liberal indoctrination" on campus and are pitching big ideas about reforming how colleges work. But some of those proposals would likely require more government intervention, not less.

Black college students nationwide targeted in racist texts; investigations underway

Black college students in several states reported to authorities Wednesday they had received anonymous text messages using racist references to the era of U.S. slavery. The messages varied in detail, but followed the same basic script, saying the recipient had "been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation."

You may not need that student loan after all. Here’s the latest college tuition trend.

Americans love to grouse about the rising cost of college. But consider this: The average in-state student at a public university now pays only...

College students march to the polls as early voting gets underway

College students in North Carolina and Wisconsin are excited to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Students continue to march...

At selective colleges, fewer students are disclosing race in their applications

Fewer students in this fall’s class of college freshmen chose to disclose their race or ethnicity in their applications to some top schools, data...

Lawsuit accuses 40 top colleges of inflating prices for students with divorced parents

An antitrust lawsuit filed this week accuses some of America’s wealthiest colleges and universities of overcharging students with divorced or separated parents. The federal class...

Two roommates. A communal bathroom. Why are college dorm costs so high?

Students and their families fret about the rising costs of college tuition, but housing costs are rising faster. The average cost of a dorm room...

They often foot the bill. But, can parents ask for college grades?

When your kid heads off to college, there's a whole new world for the new young adult – and the parent – to traverse. There's...

Majoring in video games? A new wave of degrees underscores the pressures on colleges

Stephanie Gomez-Sanchez has loved video games since third grade. It wasn't until the election of Donald Trump, who famously referred to Mexican immigrants as...

Are campus protests coming back? Colleges are bracing either way.

Though on-campus demonstrations lulled this summer as students dispersed, the conditions that motivated the recent wave of activism haven’t changed dramatically since the spring

College students are going viral on TikTok for luxury dorm room makeovers. You won’t believe it.

Some of the rooms have custom artwork. Others, chandeliers. One even has a disco ball hanging from the ceiling.

Graphics explain: How has college enrollment changed in the past decade?

USA TODAY identified undergraduate enrollment trends from the past decade to see who is attending college, the most common fields of study and how the pandemic impacted enrollment.