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How to Manage Your AES Student Loans
If you’ve taken out student loans to help pay for college and you have American Education Services (AES) as your loan servicer, make sure that you know where you stand in terms of your AES student loans and learn about your repayment options. This is crucial if you want to put your best “financial” foot Read More
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What Is Public Service Loan Forgiveness? And How Do I Qualify to Get It?
The first group of borrowers who tried to get Public Service Loan Forgiveness – a George W. Bush-era program meant to provide relief to those who went into socially valuable but poorly paid public service jobs, such as teachers and social workers – mostly ran into a brick wall. Of the 28,000 public servants who Read More
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Everything You Need to Know to Manage Your Navient Student Loans
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have Navient as your loan servicer, make sure that you know where you stand in terms of your Navient student loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put your best “financial” foot Read More
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Everything You Need to Know About Grad PLUS Loan
A Grad PLUS loan is a federal student loan that’s available only to eligible graduate and professional students. It is issued by the U.S. Department of Education through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loan), and is a subset of the Direct PLUS loans. Grad PLUS loans, like other federal student loans, Read More
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What Is a Stafford Loan?
A Stafford Loan was a federal student loan made and guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Education. Named in honor of Vermont Senator Robert Stafford for his contribution to higher education, Stafford Loans were available to eligible undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Stafford Loans are no longer available through the Federal Family Education Loan Program Read More
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What is a Parent PLUS Loan? All You Need to Know
The rising cost of a college education is forcing more and more parents to step in to help their children pay for college, and they often have to resort to loans. In November 2018, the Brookings Institution reported that at least 3.4 million people borrow Parent PLUS loans, and they owe nearly $90 billion (not Read More
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What Are Federal Student Loans? All You Need to Know
When it comes to college education in the United States, the numbers are astounding (and not in a good way). The total student debt has reached a high of $1.7 trillion, with the average undergrad borrowing about $30,000. Unfortunately, most students do not know how to manage their student debt successfully because they haven’t been Read More
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How to Manage EdFinancial Student Loans
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have EdFinancial Services as your loan servicer, you need to take stock of where you stand with respect to your loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put your best “financial” foot Read More
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Are Private Student Loans Right for You?
College education in the United States is getting more and more expensive, and students are borrowing more than ever to pay for their education. Student debt has reached a high of $1.6 trillion, with the average undergrad borrowing about $30,000. Unfortunately, most students do not know how to manage their student debt successfully because they Read More
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How to Manage Your Great Lakes Student Loans
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. as your loan servicer, you need to take stock of where you stand with respect to your loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put Read More
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How to Manage Federal Student Loans With MOHELA
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have MOHELA as your loan servicer, you need to take stock of where you stand with respect to your loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put your best “financial” foot forward Read More
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What You Need to Know to Manage Your FedLoan Account
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have FedLoan Servicing as your loan servicer, you need to take stock of where you stand with respect to your loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put your best “financial” foot Read More
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How I Paid Off $27,000 in Student Loans in 3 Years (And How You Can Do Better!)
In May of 2015, I graduated from college with $27,000 in loans — not terrible, but much more than I would have liked. When I stepped into the “real world,” paying off the loans was the last thing on my mind. In fact, it didn’t hit me until I got a friendly reminder in November Read More
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5 Ways to Pay Off College Student Loans Faster
U.S. student loan debt has hit a high of $1.7 trillion. The average federal student loan debt balance is $37,088, according to the Education Initiative Data. Student loan indebtedness has an adverse impact on the major life decisions typically made by young adults. According to a 2019 SoFI survey of more than 1,000 millennials, ages 22-35, Read More
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10 Employers with Student Loan Repayment Assistance
Today, with rising tuition rates, college students are carrying more student loan debt than ever. U.S. student loan debt is at $1.44 trillion with 44.2 Americans carrying the burden of their college educations for a significant part of their lives. It is no surprise then that students are increasingly seeking jobs that will pay enough Read More
