Student Loan Consolidation News
Student loan consolidation articles and updates to help students and their families understand how consolidation can help them with their monthly payments, and how to repay their student loans effectively.
Your college funding roadmap
- Keeping track of state, federal, and private deadlines is tough enough, forget all of the other research that goes into funding your education. To help you navigate the process, we've compiled a financial aid roadmap.
Financial Aid Basics
- For more information on the different types of financial aid and for a helpful financial aid calendar, check out our Financial Aid 101 eBook.
Contacting your Student Loan Lender
- But if you have recently graduated college and are interested in consolidation or deferment of your student loans, you may have to contact your lender. So let's talk about how to do that.
Poll Results: Student Loan Debt
- It's awesome, albeit surprising, to see the number of students graduating debt free- conGRADulations! For everyone else, loan repayment might be a growing concern as that 6 month date draws nearer. If you're concerned about making payments for whatever reason, there are some steps you can take to either lower or postpone your repayment.
Seniors, graduating with debt?
- For seniors, graduation is quickly approaching! Unfortunately, so are those pesky loan repayments, yikes! Complete our online poll and share how much debt you will be graduating with - and see how you compare to your peers!
Most popular student loans for college
- Not everyone is aware of all the loan options available to pay for college. For an overview of federal and private sources of credit used to pay for college, view these links! Here are just a few options to consider...
It’s July 23rd, Do you know where your loans are?
- Did you know that because nearly all private student loans have variable APRs, your interest rate could have changed several times in the past 2 years?
Confused about reform and consolidation?
- TweetIf you’ve heard the word about the reform currently in progress across the country, you probably are aware of the end of the FFEL program and exclusive federal consolidation returning to the Department of Education. If not, read this page on upcoming changes to get acclimated. One question we get a lot is, “If FFEL [...]
Consolidation: Your Ticket to Summer Savings
- Looking to save a few bucks this summer? Student loan consolidation can save you hundreds of dollars per month!
What NOT to do when Consolidating your Student Loans
- There are a great many benefits to consolidating your student loans, such as the convenience of making one or two monthly payments as opposed to six or seven, the lower monthly payment. But there are some cases where you have to be careful.
