Free-college programs, including Democratic presidential nominee's Joe Biden's proposal, cost between $28 billion and $75 billion in the first year but pay for themselves within a decade.

'We have recorded no instances of transmission in a classroom or laboratory setting,' University of Arizona president says.

For-profit institutions had the highest collective student loan default rate, followed by public colleges and universities, and private schools.

Colleges and universities that serve higher populations of Pell grant recipients are more likely to withhold transcript from a student over outstanding balances, according to a new analysis.