The loans carry higher interest rates and fees than Stafford loans, but like
Stafford loans they qualify for generous repayment plans such as income - based repayment and loan forgiveness programs.
Not exact matches
Borrowers who have Direct
Stafford loans that are either subsidized or unsubsidized, FFEL PLUS
loans, or FFEL consolidation
loans may
qualify for an income - sensitive repayment plan.
Teacher
Loan Forgiveness Under the Stafford Loan program, individuals who teach full time for five consecutive, complete academic years (following the residency training year) in high - needs schools (all AUSL schools qualify) may be eligible for loan forgiven
Loan Forgiveness Under the
Stafford Loan program, individuals who teach full time for five consecutive, complete academic years (following the residency training year) in high - needs schools (all AUSL schools qualify) may be eligible for loan forgiven
Loan program, individuals who teach full time
for five consecutive, complete academic years (following the residency training year) in high - needs schools (all AUSL schools
qualify) may be eligible
for loan forgiven
loan forgiveness.
You don't need to show financial need to
qualify for an unsubsidized
Stafford loan.
If students
qualify for a subsidized
Stafford Loan, it will be stated on their award letter notification along with the amount
for which they can borrow.
For both the subsidized Stafford and Perkins Loans, students must qualify for need as determined by the FAF
For both the subsidized
Stafford and Perkins
Loans, students must
qualify for need as determined by the FAF
for need as determined by the FAFSA.
Loans that can qualify if they are consolidated include Direct PLUS loans made to parents; subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans; FFEL PLUS Loans; FFEL PLUS loans for parents; Federal Perkins loans and FFEL consolidation l
Loans that can
qualify if they are consolidated include Direct PLUS
loans made to parents; subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans; FFEL PLUS Loans; FFEL PLUS loans for parents; Federal Perkins loans and FFEL consolidation l
loans made to parents; subsidized and unsubsidized
Stafford loans; FFEL PLUS Loans; FFEL PLUS loans for parents; Federal Perkins loans and FFEL consolidation l
loans; FFEL PLUS
Loans; FFEL PLUS loans for parents; Federal Perkins loans and FFEL consolidation l
Loans; FFEL PLUS
loans for parents; Federal Perkins loans and FFEL consolidation l
loans for parents; Federal Perkins
loans and FFEL consolidation l
loans and FFEL consolidation
loansloans.
If you find yourself unable to pay the minimum payment on your student
loans, first check to see if you qualify for a deferment on any Federal Stafford, Federal Grad PLUS, or Federal Consolidation L
loans, first check to see if you
qualify for a deferment on any Federal
Stafford, Federal Grad PLUS, or Federal Consolidation
LoansLoans.
Borrowers who have Direct
Stafford loans that are either subsidized or unsubsidized, FFEL PLUS
loans, or FFEL consolidation
loans may
qualify for an income - sensitive repayment plan.
Additional funds can be borrowed
for qualifying participants from Federal PLUS
Loans, but neither they nor the Stafford loans will be subsid
Loans, but neither they nor the
Stafford loans will be subsid
loans will be subsidized.
Under the Teacher
Loan Forgiveness Program (TLFP), Federal Stafford and Federal Direct loan borrowers who teach for five consecutive, complete years at an eligible school may qualify to have some of their loan balances forgi
Loan Forgiveness Program (TLFP), Federal
Stafford and Federal Direct
loan borrowers who teach for five consecutive, complete years at an eligible school may qualify to have some of their loan balances forgi
loan borrowers who teach
for five consecutive, complete years at an eligible school may
qualify to have some of their
loan balances forgi
loan balances forgiven.
Debt
qualifying for loan repayment awards consist of all educational debt financed through the Law School Office of Student Financial Services (
Stafford, LAL, LSL, etc.).
Other
loans, such as Perkins
loans,
Stafford loans, and PLUS
loans, do not
qualify for forgiveness under this program.
Here's a cheatsheet to see if your
loan qualifies for one of the repayment plans listed in this article: Standard Repayment Plan Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized
Loans, Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans, all PLUS l
Loans, Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal
Stafford Loans, all PLUS l
Loans, all PLUS
loansloans.
The
Stafford student
loan program is utilized by students whose financial situation may not be quite as severe as those who
qualify for a Perkins student
loan.
Students whose families make less than $ 50,000 typically
qualify for Subsidized
Stafford Loans.
If your family must borrow to pay the bills, stick with government - sponsored
Stafford loans for students and PLUS
loans for parents (or a home - equity line of credit, if you
qualify).
By filing a FAFSA, student can
qualify for Pell Grants, Perkins
Loans, federal work - study and subsidized
Stafford Loans.
Graduate students can
qualify for unsubsidized
Stafford Loans or PLUS
Loans.
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.
Even if you do not
qualify for the subsidized
loan, the interest rates are among the best you will find, so an unsubsidized
Stafford loan,
for which you'll feel more of the interest burden, is a great choice as well.
The Federal Direct
Stafford Loans are the best student loans to receive, and they are qualified for by submitting the F
Loans are the best student
loans to receive, and they are qualified for by submitting the F
loans to receive, and they are
qualified for by submitting the FAFSA.
I have read about the federal student
loan forgiveness programs, but I don't
qualify for the PSLF, although I have been in this area
for almost 20 years, because my
loans are
Stafford.
I think that it should be stated here that
Stafford Loans don't
qualify for PSLF, only Direct
Loans.
To
qualify for the REPAYE program, you must either have a Direct
Loan — meaning that it came directly from the U.S. Government under the Direct
Loan Program as opposed to Perkins
Loans (where the school is the lender) or subsidized or unsubsidized
Stafford Loans.
If you do not
qualify for subsidized
Stafford loans, you may be offered unsubsidized
Stafford loans.
Most students
qualify for the federal
Stafford Loan.
To be considered a highly
qualified teacher
for Stafford Loan Forgiveness
for Teachers, a public elementary or secondary school teacher must:
So, even if the federal government decides that you and / or your parents earn too much, and therefore, you do not
qualify for a subsidized student
loan; you can still take out an unsubsidized
Stafford loan — up to the combined annual
loan limits.
If you have a
Stafford or Perkins
loan, some or all of your debt can be forgiven if you work in a designated school (the government provides a directory of schools that
qualify) as a teacher
for five complete and consecutive years.