Selecting the right student
loan consolidation program depends on a number of factors, not least the type of the original loans.
Not exact matches
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).
However, the
consolidation program chosen
depends on the type of
loans the student took out.
It could happen through a debt management
program, a debt
consolidation loan, or a plan to settle your debts —
depending on the amount of debt and amount of income you have available.
Managing college debt effectively
depends on which
loans were taken out and which
consolidation program is required.
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.
The downside is that,
depending on which Direct
Consolidation Loan program you choose, you could end up stretching payments over a longer period and paying more in interest on the debt.
Depending on your overall financial status you can consolidate debt by transferring balance to a lower interest credit card, getting a home equity debt
consolidation loan, enrolling a credit card debt
consolidation program, or getting retirement funds.
In order to take advantage of any possible student
loan forgiveness
programs, be sure to use either the Direct
Consolidation Loans Website or the StudentLoans.gov website,
depending on your applicability.