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NASFAA has updated its July 1, 2026 & Beyond Graduate/Professional Student Loan Borrowing Limits flowchart to more clearly show how a current graduate student's prior professional student status affects their loan limits. A graduate student’s annual unsubsidized limit is $20,500, regardless of whether they were previously a professional student. However, their aggregate limit depends on that history: $100,000 for a graduate student who was never a professional student and $200,000 for one who was. This revision has been updated on NASFAA's One Big Beautiful Bill Act Web Center and is intended only to improve clarity and does not reflect a policy change.

Now that the first academic year since the implementation of new loan limits on graduate and professional degrees is well underway, some institutions have adjusted to these constraints by lowering tuition costs, but getting a clearer picture of what students are paying for higher education, as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), will require more data.

The NASFAA office will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, in observance of the Veterans Day federal holiday. The NASFAA website and other online services will still be available, but NASFAA's Today's News will not be sent, and technical and membership support will not be available until the office reopens on Thursday, November 12.

Not all data are created equal and under Dear Colleague Letter GEN-25-08, how your institution handles different data elements matters more than ever. In this webinar, on December 9 at 2 p.m. ET, we will unpack the different types of data and how GEN-25-08 governs their use, disclosure, and protection. Reserve your seat today!

Our toolkit provides practical strategies, ready-to-use resources, and actionable messaging to help financial aid professionals raise awareness about the value, complexity, and strategic importance of financial aid administration. The first section, Strategy and Framework for Raising Awareness, dives into how to build an effective strategy to raise awareness of the financial aid office and includes a sample campaign.

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