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The Department of Education’s proposed definition of “professional degree” under the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA/H.R.1) does directly affect federal student loan limits: programs classified as profe...
The Department of Education revised its 2025–2026 professional-degree criteria to narrow which graduate programs qualify for the higher federal loan caps by tying “professional” status to specific fea...
The Department of Education’s recent negotiated-rulemaking work produced a proposal and rubric to determine which graduate programs count as “professional degrees” — a category that, under the One Big...
The Department of Education’s 2025–2026 negotiated-rulemaking work focused on creating a definition to separate “professional” from “nonprofessional” post‑baccalaureate programs for the purpose of new...
The Department of Education’s 2025 proposal to distinguish “professional” from “non‑professional” graduate degrees hinges on a set of specific criteria: the program must signify readiness for professi...
The available reporting about the Education Department’s proposed definition of “professional programs” says programs would retain access to higher federal loan limits only if they meet a multi-part t...