Parent PLUS Loan Limits: What Every Family Needs to Know

Debbie Schwartz

Debbie Schwartz is a former financial services executive and founder of Road2College and the Paying For College 101 Facebook group. With an expertise in personal finance, analysis, and marketing, she's working to give families the information and tools they need to make smarter financial college decisions.

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Parent PLUS Loan Limits: What Every Family Needs to Know

Parent PLUS Loan Limits: What Every Family Needs to Know

May 17, 2026

Parent PLUS loans now have annual and lifetime borrowing caps for new borrowers. If your family has relied on Parent…

We Applied to 24 BFA Acting Programs. Here’s Everything We Spent, Every School We Tried, and What We’d Do Differently

We Applied to 24 BFA Acting Programs. Here’s Everything We Spent, Every School We Tried, and What We’d Do Differently

May 7, 2026

One Massachusetts mom in our Paying for College 101 Facebook group shared an inside look at what it really takes…

If I Could Do It Over: Hard-Won College Planning Advice From Parents Who’ve Been There

February 20, 2026

When it comes to college planning, hindsight really is 20/20. I went back to the parents in Paying for College…

How to Get Merit Scholarships for College: The Institutional Strategy

December 20, 2025

About the author: Debbie Schwartz founded Road2College in 2014 to help families navigate the realities of paying for college. She…

Scholarships with October Deadlines

August 11, 2025

  Chicago Culinary Museum and Chef’s Hall of Fame Scholarship Amount: $500 Apply by: October 1, 2025 Description:  Open to…

How 2025 Student Aid Changes Could Reshape College Affordability

May 1, 2025

Big changes might be coming to the way students and parents pay for college. New proposals from lawmakers in Washington…

College Admissions 2024–2025: What’s Driving Record Highs and More Pressure on Families?

April 23, 2025

If you felt like the 2024 – 2025 college admissions cycle was the most stressful yet—you weren’t imagining it. This…

NIH Funding Cuts: What They Mean for Research and College Planning

March 10, 2025

The Trump administration’s recent NIH funding cuts and policy shifts have sparked intense debate in the higher education and research…