Available to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled full-time, half-time, or less than half-time
- use if you are registered less than half-time; loan does not go into immediate repayment
- use for prior school balances within the previous 12 months; no enrollment requirement
- Satisfactory Academic Progress is not required
No fees! This is a zero fee loan for all borrowers
Interest rates:
- as low as 3-month LIBOR plus 4.15%
- 0.25% interest rate reduction if payments are made directly from a bank account
- interest is capitalized once at repayment
Application:
- easy on-line application with approval in minutes and e-signature or by telephone
- unique method of assessing risk provides high approval rates and low interest rates
- no debt-to-income ratio or income requirements, so no income or employment verification
Repayment:
- begins six months after graduation or once the borrower ceases to be enrolled
- no prepayment penalty
- repayment period up to 25 years
- forbearance options available in repayment
- Cosigner release option after 36 consecutive monthly on-time payments any time after repayment begins
Minimum amount = $500
Aggregate maximum for undergraduate = $120,000, for graduate = $180,000