While federal student loan consolidation simplifies the repayment process, it does not offer a reduction in aggregate interest rate, nor does it lower the total cost of borrowing.
Not exact matches
While federal direct
consolidation is pretty straightforward, if you're interested in private
student loan consolidation, or refinancing, it'll take a little more work.
While you can not consolidate
federal and private student loans together into a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan — since only federal loans are eligible for consolidation — you can refinance federal and private loans to
federal and private
student loans together into a
Federal Direct Consolidation Loan — since only federal loans are eligible for consolidation — you can refinance federal and private loans to
Federal Direct
Consolidation Loan — since only federal loans are eligible for consolidation — you can refinance federal and private lo
Consolidation Loan — since only
federal loans are eligible for consolidation — you can refinance federal and private loans to
federal loans are eligible for
consolidation — you can refinance federal and private lo
consolidation — you can refinance
federal and private loans to
federal and private
loans together.
While a defaulted
student loan is hardly a recipe for getting approved on a new
loan with a bank or other lender, the
federal government does offer
consolidation with a few caveats.
While federal direct
consolidation is pretty straightforward, if you're interested in private
student loan consolidation, or refinancing, it'll take a little more work.
While you can not consolidate
federal and private student loans together into a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan — since only federal loans are eligible for consolidation — you can refinance federal and private loans to
federal and private
student loans together into a
Federal Direct Consolidation Loan — since only federal loans are eligible for consolidation — you can refinance federal and private loans to
Federal Direct
Consolidation Loan — since only federal loans are eligible for consolidation — you can refinance federal and private lo
Consolidation Loan — since only
federal loans are eligible for consolidation — you can refinance federal and private loans to
federal loans are eligible for
consolidation — you can refinance federal and private lo
consolidation — you can refinance
federal and private loans to
federal and private
loans together.
Sofi is one of the few finance companies that offers debt
consolidation programs
while simultaneously refinancing
student loans, whether they are
federal or private
loans.
The 15 - day standard is used for
consolidation and regaining
federal student aid eligibility,
while the 20 - day standard is used for
loan rehabilitation.
Additionally, private
student loan refinancing accommodates both private
student loans and
federal student loans while federal consolidation accepts only
federal loans.
If you are making payments on your
federal student loans, talk to your
loan holder about temporarily stopping them
while your
consolidation loan is processed.
While it's not possible to use the
federal Direct
loan consolidation program to combine your
federal student loans with private
loans, it is possible to combine private and
federal student loans by refinancing them with a private lender.