When does it make sense to refinance student loans? 'There are some pros and cons people have to evaluate.'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Millions of student loan borrowers are determining how -- or if -- they can fit a student loan bill back into their budget after a three-year break.
55% : One answer isn't the right answer for everyone," said Thomas Graf, executive director of Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, a quasi-governmental state agency without shareholders that offers student loans and student loan refinances.
52% : The federal system also still has ways of canceling debt for certain people even faster, like theprogram, which forgives student loans for public sector workers like teachers and nurses after they make 10 years of payments.
50% : Student loan bills resume in October, and some borrowers are considering refinancing their debt.
41% : They also have to understand the political fight over student debt isn't over, he noted.
38% : Ayala has a software engineer client with $145,000 in student loan debt who could have had $20,000 wiped off her balance under Biden's cancellation program.

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