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The Department of Education has been publishing proposals and draft criteria that redefine which graduate programs count as “professional” — a designation tied to higher loan caps starting July 1, 202...
The Department of Education’s 2025–2026 guidance sharply narrows which graduate programs count as “professional degrees,” recognizing roughly 11 primary program categories and some doctoral programs w...
The Department of Education, through negotiated rulemaking tied to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), drafted a new regulatory definition of “professional degree” that narrows which programs qual...
The Department of Education’s RISE committee proposed narrowing the regulatory definition of “professional degree,” reducing programs counted from roughly 2,000 to under 600 and thereby excluding many...
The Department of Education (ED) proposed a much narrower regulatory definition of “professional degree” in late 2025 that would reduce the number of programs eligible for the higher federal loan caps...
Graduates whose degrees may be labeled “non‑professional” under the Department of Education’s 2025 proposal have several practical options: pursue bridge programs or alternative licensing routes into ...
The available reporting shows the U.S. Department of Education (ED) proposed a narrower definition of “professional degree” in 2025 that would leave only a small set of programs — medicine, law, denti...
The Department of Education’s 2025–26 proposed redefinition of “professional degree” is directly tied to how much federal borrowing students can access — professional students would have higher lifeti...
The Department of Education’s negotiated-rulemaking (RISE) process is actively producing a new, narrower regulatory definition of “professional degree” that would determine which graduate programs qua...