COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Changes to federal student loans include new borrowing limits that could affect students pursuing graduate degrees, according to a Texas A&M University expert.

Lori Taylor, head of the Department of Public Service and Administration at Texas A&M's Bush School of Government and Public Service, said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated an existing loan program that allowed graduate students to borrow additional funds without a set limit.

New borrowing limitsTaylor said the new rules set annual and lifetime limits on federal borrowing, with different limits depending on the type of program.