The College Family Loan is for creditworthy parents, family members or friends looking to
borrow on behalf of students to help with education expenses.
That resulting amount is the maximum you can
borrow on behalf of your student.
Not exact matches
While it can be helpful to be able to have your parents
borrow on your
behalf, keep in mind that interest rates
on PLUS loans are higher than
on subsidized and unsubsidized federal direct
student loans, and also carry a one - time loan fee
of nearly 4.3 percent.
Parents willing to
borrow on behalf of their graduate
student may want to consider other options before their
student applies for a Direct Grad PLUS Loan.
Parents willing to
borrow on behalf of their law, medical or MBA
student may want to consider other options before their
student applies for a Direct PLUS Loan.
Current Direct Loan regulations (34 CFR 685.200 (b) and (c)-RRB- specify that graduate and professional
students, and parents
borrowing on behalf of their dependent children, may
borrow PLUS loans.
If you are a parent repaying PLUS loans taken out
on behalf of your children, your eligibility for PSLF eligibility is based
on your employment, not the employment
of the
student on whose
behalf you
borrowed.
Some 70 percent
of students graduate from college today with debt, and it's not just young households burdened by it; in many cases, middle - aged consumers are shouldering the debt, either because they've
borrowed on behalf of their kids or they went back to school themselves and are paying off their own loans.