Student Loan Payments Will Restart Soon: Here’s the Timeline Borrowers Should Know

Columbia University in Manhattan in New York on May 10, 2021. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Federal student loan payments have been on pause since March 2020. But that will change soon.

The U.S. Department of Education, which oversees a $1.6 trillion portfolio in federal student loan debt owed by about 43 million Americans, has posted a notice at the top of its student aid website confirming when borrowers should start paying their bills again.