Teddy covers student loans and higher education for NerdWallet. Her work has been published by outlets including USA Today, the Associated Press, the Chicago Tribune and Reuters. When she's not reporting or writing, she enjoys rock climbing, doing yoga, learning Hebrew and playing her new ukulele. You can find her on Twitter @teddynykiel.
While many colleges will soon send bills for this fall’s tuition, most won’t expect payment until late summer. That gives college-bound students and their families time to finalize financial aid…
Dozens of companies charge high fees and claim to help borrowers reduce or eliminate student loan debt. You may be dealing with one, but you’re not stuck. You can end…
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Fraudulent “debt relief” companies are preying on the most vulnerable of the 44 million people with student loans, as federal officials dispute who’s to blame and what to do, a…
Student loan counselor Taunya Kennedy knows what it’s like to be overwhelmed by debt. The 45-year-old single mother has a mortgage and credit card balance, and still shoulders her own…
Dozens of private companies lure struggling borrowers with promises of student debt relief. They charge fees to enroll borrowers in federal programs available for free on government websites. While not all such…
Financial technology startup CommonBond offers two products to help borrowers afford college: You can refinance student loans and you can borrow a private student loan to help foot the bill…
College prepares students to be everything from accountants and teachers to government workers and health care technicians, but not all students learn basic money management skills. Here’s advice for this…
San Francisco-based Social Finance, known as SoFi, is the closest thing to a household name in the student loan refinancing market. It became the first company to refinance federal and…
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