Under Trump's budget bill, those in "professional degree" programs can borrow more in student loans than those pursuing other ...

A plan released by the U.S. Department of Education would place caps on student aid borrowing for graduate programs based on whether the program is deemed professional.

A group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of ...

The “professional” label would allow students to borrow larger amounts of federal loans to pursue graduate degrees in those ...

Professional degrees, including nursing, education, social work and physician assistants, have been excluded from the ...

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As a self-proclaimed lifelong learner and former educator, Amy Boyington is passionate about researching and advocating for learners of all ages. For over a decade, Amy has specialized in writing ...

Graduate programs are for students who have already earned a bachelor's degree and want to pursue advanced study. These include master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees that focus on specialized ...

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The department’s federal loan cap for the degrees considered professional is $200,000, compared to the non-professional cap ...

ORONO, Maine — Earlier this semester, the University of Maine released a list of 215 academic programs that it ranked based ...