The U.S. Department of Education issued an updated list of graduate degrees it will treat as “professional” for federal student-loan borrowing caps, after a federal judge last week ordered the agency to revise how it narrowed the category. The Department’s new list more than doubles the number of qualifying programs—from 11 to 29—raising annual and lifetime borrowing limits for students in fields included under the refreshed criteria. The update still leaves some education-related graduate pathways outside the category while litigation continues. For colleges and universities, the guidance raises immediate compliance questions for packaging and advising under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act borrowing limits, especially as institutions plan for temporary classifications pending further court action.