Illinois students seeking higher education now have a new way to get a loan without having a co-signer. The new loan program comes through a partnership with the office of Illinois State Treasurer ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed four pieces of legislation designed to help high school students get into and afford to pay ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs has announced a new, state-sponsored student loan option aimed at providing Illinois students with lower financing rates than ...

CHICAGO - Kyle Bak began paying off his student loans in 2015, a year after he graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in political science and $38,000 in student loan debt.

For loans disbursed between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, undergraduate rates will be set at 6.39 percent, a decline from last year's 6.53 percent.

These loans, called income share agreements, could become more popular as President Donald Trump’s administration claws back ...

If you want to eliminate your student loans, move to Illinois. That’s what happened to James Ekstrom, who was able to purchase his first home through Illinois Housing Development Authority’s ...