Hempstead, N.Y.: Nurse Practitioner Daniah Jean-Francois talks about the staffing challenges. Challenges that could be made worse by new caps on federal student loans for most graduate school programs ...

Starting next school year, graduate students will no longer have access to Grad PLUS loans, forcing many to seek alternative financing options.

Federal graduate student loan options include Direct Unsubsidized Loans and Direct Plus Loans. Direct Unsubsidized Loans typically offer the best interest rates and terms, followed by Direct Plus ...

Graduate school is an expensive proposition: The average cost of a two-year Master's degree is around $73,520, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, while a four-to-eight-year ...