Coincidentally, Sallie Mae published a comparison of its default rates with
the Direct Loan program on March 26, 2009, Sallie Mae Helps Students Avoid Negative Impact of Default that claims that the lender has a 30 % lower overall default rate than the Direct Loan program.
Learn more about on how to consolidate your loans to
the Direct Loan Program on the Department of Education's website.)
To qualify for a loan forgiveness, the borrower will need to make 120 qualifying payments to the William D Ford Federal
Direct Loan Program on their loans.
Get additional information on the Federal
Direct Loan Program on the Federal Student Aid website.
Not exact matches
To qualify, you'll still need to have a
loan from the
Direct program, have had made all of your payments in full and
on time, and have worked 10 years in a public service job with a qualifying employer.
You are a first - time borrower for interest subsidy purposes if you had no outstanding balance
on a
Direct or FFEL
Program loan on July 1, 2013, or on the date you obtained a Direct Loan after July 1, 2
loan on July 1, 2013, or
on the date you obtained a
Direct Loan after July 1, 2
Loan after July 1, 2013.
Under an income - contingent repayment
program, borrowers with
Direct Stafford
loans of any kind, PLUS
loans made to students, and consolidation
loans have their monthly payment based
on the lesser of 20 percent of discretionary income or the amount due
on a repayment plan with a fixed payment over 12 years, adjusted for income.
Generally, if you see a
loan type with «Direct» in the name on «My Federal Student Aid,» then it is a Direct Loan; otherwise, it is a loan made under another federal student loan prog
loan type with «
Direct» in the name
on «My Federal Student Aid,» then it is a
Direct Loan; otherwise, it is a loan made under another federal student loan prog
Loan; otherwise, it is a
loan made under another federal student loan prog
loan made under another federal student
loan prog
loan program.
The Public Service
Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Program forgives the remaining balance
on your
Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full - time for a qualifying employer.
Students can borrow up to an amount between $ 5,500 and $ 12,500 per year based
on how far along they are in an undergraduate degree
program; graduate students may borrow up to $ 20,500 each year in
direct unsubsidized
loans.
(Because no new FFEL
Program loans have been made since June 30, 2010, only
Direct Loan borrowers can qualify as new borrowers
on or after July 1, 2014.)
However, if you consolidate a FFEL
Program Loan or Federal Perkins Loan into a Direct Consolidation Loan, you may then be able to repay the Direct Consolidation Loan under the REPAYE, PAYE, and ICR Plan (depending on the type of loan that you consolida
Loan or Federal Perkins
Loan into a Direct Consolidation Loan, you may then be able to repay the Direct Consolidation Loan under the REPAYE, PAYE, and ICR Plan (depending on the type of loan that you consolida
Loan into a
Direct Consolidation
Loan, you may then be able to repay the Direct Consolidation Loan under the REPAYE, PAYE, and ICR Plan (depending on the type of loan that you consolida
Loan, you may then be able to repay the
Direct Consolidation
Loan under the REPAYE, PAYE, and ICR Plan (depending on the type of loan that you consolida
Loan under the REPAYE, PAYE, and ICR Plan (depending
on the type of
loan that you consolida
loan that you consolidate).
* For the IBR Plan, you're considered a new borrower
on or after July 1, 2014, if you had no outstanding balance
on a William D. Ford Federal
Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loan or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan when you received a Direct Loan on or after July 1, 2
Loan (
Direct Loan) Program loan or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan when you received a Direct Loan on or after July 1, 2
Loan)
Program loan or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan when you received a Direct Loan on or after July 1, 2
loan or Federal Family Education
Loan (FFEL) Program loan when you received a Direct Loan on or after July 1, 2
Loan (FFEL)
Program loan when you received a Direct Loan on or after July 1, 2
loan when you received a
Direct Loan on or after July 1, 2
Loan on or after July 1, 2014.
Someone who has no outstanding balance
on a
Direct Loan or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan when he or she receives a Direct Loan or FFEL Program loan on or after a specific d
Loan or Federal Family Education
Loan (FFEL) Program loan when he or she receives a Direct Loan or FFEL Program loan on or after a specific d
Loan (FFEL)
Program loan when he or she receives a Direct Loan or FFEL Program loan on or after a specific d
loan when he or she receives a
Direct Loan or FFEL Program loan on or after a specific d
Loan or FFEL
Program loan on or after a specific d
loan on or after a specific date.
In 2016, 25 % of the borrowers in repayment
on federal
Direct Loans are in
programs limiting their payments to an affordable percentage of their disposable incomes, up from just 11 % in 2013.
For example, if you teach full - time for five consecutive years in a low - income school, you might be able to receive forgiveness for up to $ 17,500
on your FFEL and
Direct Loan program student
loans.
Fleischman recommends consolidating those
loans through the
Direct Loan Program as quickly as possible in order to start the clock
on qualified payments.
Unpaid interest is capitalized only
on Direct Loans and FFEL Program l
Loans and FFEL
Program loansloans.
A total and permanent disability (TPD) discharge relieves you from having to repay a William D. Ford Federal
Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disabil
Loan (
Direct Loan) Program loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disabil
Loan)
Program loan, Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disabil
loan, Federal Family Education
Loan (FFEL) Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disabil
Loan (FFEL)
Program loan, and / or Federal Perkins Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disabil
loan, and / or Federal Perkins
Loan (Perkins Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disabil
Loan (Perkins
Loan) Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disabil
Loan)
Program loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation on the basis of your total and permanent disabil
loan or complete a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant service obligation
on the basis of your total and permanent disability.
WASHINGTON — President Clinton was poised late last week to unveil a long - awaited legislative package that would create a federally chartered corporation to oversee a national service
program, replace the existing student -
loan program with a system of
direct loans made with federal capital, and call for extensive use of a
loan repayment plan that would base payments
on a borrower's income.
WASHINGTON — President Clinton's proposals for a national - service
program and
direct student
loans will run into some bumpy stretches of road
on their journeys through Congress, observers predicted last week as the legislation was introduced in the House and Senate.
The Senate version of HR 4210 would give families a $ 300 tax credit for each child under the age of 16; create an income - contingent,
direct -
loan program; make the interest
on student
loans tax deductible, and allow deductions for the full appreciated value of property donated to charitable organizations, a provision that is important to colleges and private schools.
Under the Teacher
Loan Forgiveness
Program, if you teach full - time for five complete and consecutive academic years in a low - income school or educational service agency, and meet other qualifications, you may be eligible for forgiveness of up to $ 17,500
on your
Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized
Loans and your Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford
Loans.
The Education Corps is designed to provide tutoring and after - school support but not necessarily to train future teachers.92 The VISTA
program matches corps members with a nonprofit organization to perform capacity building and provides yearlong stipends, but it is not intended for provision of
direct services.93 The Professional Corps, which specifies teaching as one of its qualified positions, allows participants to access Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards — which recipients can use either for
loan forgiveness or for paying tuition and other qualifying educational expenses — but increases residency
program costs because residents are prohibited from receiving stipends through AmeriCorps and must therefore be paid through their
program or the school district.94 None of these
programs were designed for supported entry specifically; thus,
programs dedicated to providing a gradual
on - ramp to the teaching profession can sometimes find it hard to meet their definitions and requirements.
It is also important to note that this
program is only available for those making payments on a loan received under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan P
program is only available for those making payments
on a
loan received under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Prog
loan received under the William D. Ford Federal
Direct Loan Prog
Loan ProgramProgram.
The Public Service Forgiveness
Program (PSLF) is a popular program that forgives the remainder of your Direct Loans once you have made 120 monthly payments on your loan while working for a qualifying em
Program (PSLF) is a popular
program that forgives the remainder of your Direct Loans once you have made 120 monthly payments on your loan while working for a qualifying em
program that forgives the remainder of your
Direct Loans once you have made 120 monthly payments
on your
loan while working for a qualifying employer.
I mentioned above that the interest rates
on Direct Stafford
Loan Program are considerably low compared to what you will pay
on private student
loans.
There are other financial aid sources that can be used to fully fund your college education such as unsubsidized
Direct Loans, PLUS loans, private loans, and other aid programs not based on financial
Loans, PLUS
loans, private loans, and other aid programs not based on financial
loans, private
loans, and other aid programs not based on financial
loans, and other aid
programs not based
on financial need.
Under an income - contingent repayment
program, borrowers with
Direct Stafford
loans of any kind, PLUS
loans made to students, and consolidation
loans have their monthly payment based
on the lesser of 20 percent of discretionary income or the amount due
on a repayment plan with a fixed payment over 12 years, adjusted for income.
Public Service
Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
Program Forgives the remaining balance
on your Federal
Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments (10 years).
Additionally, graduates who continue to work in public service for a period of ten years, who make monthly payments
on a consolidated
loan with the federal Direct Loan Program, will benefit from the new College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (CCRAA) and can have their loans forgi
loan with the federal
Direct Loan Program, will benefit from the new College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (CCRAA) and can have their loans forgi
Loan Program, will benefit from the new College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (CCRAA) and can have their
loans forgiven.
The law that governs the
Direct Loan Program does not allow borrowers to waive the grace period
on Direct Subsidized
Loans and
Direct Unsubsidized
Loans.
In order to have the remaining balances
on your
Direct Loans forgiven under the PSLF
program you must:
See the Department's Policy Statement
on Accessibility of Documents issued under the William D. Ford
Direct Loan Program to Individuals with Visual Impairments.
For this reason, if you've made qualifying PSLF payments
on your
Direct Loans and you're thinking of consolidating those loans into a Direct Consolidation Loan along with loans you received under other federal student loan programs, you should leave your Direct Loans out of the consolidation and consolidate only your loans from other federal student loan prog
Loans and you're thinking of consolidating those
loans into a Direct Consolidation Loan along with loans you received under other federal student loan programs, you should leave your Direct Loans out of the consolidation and consolidate only your loans from other federal student loan prog
loans into a
Direct Consolidation
Loan along with loans you received under other federal student loan programs, you should leave your Direct Loans out of the consolidation and consolidate only your loans from other federal student loan progr
Loan along with
loans you received under other federal student loan programs, you should leave your Direct Loans out of the consolidation and consolidate only your loans from other federal student loan prog
loans you received under other federal student
loan programs, you should leave your Direct Loans out of the consolidation and consolidate only your loans from other federal student loan progr
loan programs, you should leave your
Direct Loans out of the consolidation and consolidate only your loans from other federal student loan prog
Loans out of the consolidation and consolidate only your
loans from other federal student loan prog
loans from other federal student
loan progr
loan programs.
Once your goal has been set, compare the federal government's
Direct Consolidation
Loan program to U-fi and other private lender
programs, to decide if consolidation or refinancing is right for you based
on your financial goals and circumstances.
Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan (PAYE Plan): This income based repayment is for
Direct Loan Program borrowers who borrowed their student
loans on or after Oct. 1, 2007.
Under this
program, borrowers may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance of their
Direct Loans after they have made 120 qualifying payments on those loans while employed full time by certain public service emplo
Loans after they have made 120 qualifying payments
on those
loans while employed full time by certain public service emplo
loans while employed full time by certain public service employers.
- Any other
Direct Loan program if monthly payments made were equal or greater than the payments required if you were
on the 10 year standard repayment plan.
Another
program offered by the federal government is PSLF, which forgives any remaining balance
on your Federal
Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments.
Direct Unsubsidized
Loans are made to students enrolled in a law, medical, or MBA
program on at least a half - time basis.
Under this
program, federal student
loan borrowers may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance of their Federal
Direct Loans after making 120 qualifying payments on those loans while employed full - time by certain public service emplo
Loans after making 120 qualifying payments
on those
loans while employed full - time by certain public service emplo
loans while employed full - time by certain public service employers.
As far as the timing of all of this it will really depend
on how quickly you get moving with this and what the Federal
Direct Consolidation
Loan program establishes as your first payment.
Their services focus
on Title IV
programs, including Pell Grant processing, campus based
program processing, and Federal
Direct Loan processing.
For more information
on the Department of Education's
Direct Consolidation
Loan Program click here!
Also be
on the lookout for companies who say they offer their own
loan consolidation that is similar to, or better than, the Direct Loan Consolidation Prog
loan consolidation that is similar to, or better than, the
Direct Loan Consolidation Prog
Loan Consolidation
Program.
Under the Obama Student
Loan Forgiveness
program, the federal government does not charge interest
on the subsidized part of student
direct loans.
Also, consolidating
loans into a new
Direct Consolidation
Loan resets the clock
on the 10 - year forgiveness period under the Public Service
Loan Forgiveness
Program.
If you defaulted
on a
Direct consolidation
loan, you can not consolidate again with either
program unless you are adding new
loans to the consolidation.
The Public Service
Loan Forgiveness
program was developed to reward public service employees by forgiving the remaining balance
on qualifying
direct student
loans for full - time employees.