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Americans have grown sour on one of the longtime key ingredients of the American dream. Almost two-thirds of registered voters say that a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost, according to a ...

The Trump administration is soon expected to propose a plan that would cap loans for a number of advanced degrees—including master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing—and it’s gone viral on social media ...

There is a panic spreading across social media about the reclassification of many graduate degrees as non-professional, and how that could affect pay scales, as well as the amount people can borrow to ...

The Trump administration is making it significantly harder for graduate students across the country to fund their education and is jeopardizing their future careers by classifying some degrees as “non ...

As President Donald Trump's administration redefines which degrees are considered "professional," many graduate students are left with questions and concerns about how to finance their education. Who ...

The Department of Education has proposed changing the definition of what constitutes a “professional degree” to exclude nursing — a move that could significantly limit nurses’ access to graduate ...

New insights from Harvard research indicate some college majors may face diminishing returns. Employers increasingly value specific skills over general degrees. This trend suggests certain fields ...

Back in 2023 the New Yorker declared “the end of the English Major.” It was a bold claim, but there was plenty of data to back it up. From 2012 to 2020, the number of students majoring in subjects ...

A new report has examined the median annual earnings of Americans by their degrees, highlighting which courses may lead to the most well-paid employment after graduation. On Wednesday, the U.S. Census ...