"The new loan caps limit 'graduate students' to borrowing $20,500 per year or $100,000 in total and 'professional students' to borrowing $50,000 per year or $200,000 in total."
"The department opted for a narrow definition of professional, limiting access to a select 11 degree programs: pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, law, medicine, optometry, osteopathic medicine, podiatry, theology and clinical psychology."
"Excluding PAs from the professional category will create unnecessary barriers to PA education and undermine efforts to strengthen the healthcare workforce."
The Trump administration has finalized regulations imposing new loan limits for postbaccalaureate degree programs, potentially restricting access for many students. The new rules replace the Grad PLUS program with caps of $20,500 per year for graduate students and $50,000 for professional students. The Education Department's narrow definition of professional programs excludes many fields, including physician assistants, which could hinder educational access and workforce development in high-demand health-care professions. Trade associations plan to challenge these regulations in court.
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