Subsidized
Stafford loans charge a fixed rate and are given to students who have demonstrated financial need.
Not exact matches
While other federal education
loans, such as the
Stafford and PLUS
loans, may
charge some fees, the fees are always deducted from the disbursement check.
Federal law sets the maximum interest rates and fees
charged on
Stafford, PLUS and Consolidation
loans.
Federal Direct Unsubsidized
Stafford Loans are not need - based, and students are required to pay all interest
charges.
Subsidized
Stafford loans are based on financial need, with the students of families with lower incomes qualifying for them, and they forego
charging interest while the students are in school, for six months after they graduate and during approved periods when payments are deferred.
In addition, to able to increase other revenue, the government will begin to
charge the subsidized
Stafford loans with interest rates in not more than six years after the start of studies of undergraduates.