Republican law won’t prevent people with humanities majors from getting student loans. Go ahead and get that poetry degree. The vast majority of bachelor’s and graduate-degree programs pass new rules meant to hold colleges accountable The vast majority of students earning bachelor’s degrees are in programs that pass an earnings test set by Republican lawmakers.
Whether it’s to teach a student how to think, lead them to a good job, expand their social horizons or provide the economy and society with the workers we need is a big topic of debate among students, families, policymakers and higher-education leaders. Now, Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration are weighing in by essentially say this: If you’re going to borrow from the federal government to attend college, a degree should at least get you a salary higher than a high-school graduate. That is what the law Republicans passed through Congress last year stipulates in a requirement that went into effect this summer.
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Jillian Berman is assistant managing editor, news and enterprise, at MarketWatch, where she covers student loans and consumer debt. Her book on the student-debt crisis, “Sunk Cost: Who's to Blame for the Nation's Broken Student Loan System and How to Fix It,” was published in 2025. You can follow her on Twitter @JillianBerman.
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