For example, the type of loan you have determines whether you are eligible for federal repayment programs like Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) when repaying your debt (generally speaking, pretty much all federal
loans qualify for REPAYE).
Not exact matches
Borrowers enrolled in income - driven repayment plans like
REPAYE qualify for loan forgiveness after they have made regular payments
for 20 or 25 years.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in 2016 that 70 % of borrowers in default on student
loans would
qualify for the low payments offered through the PAYE and
REPAYE programs, but haven't signed up.
The primary difference is you
qualify for REPAYE regardless of when you took out your Direct
Loan.
This is typically a bad idea because PLUS
loans don't
qualify for income - based repayment programs like IBR, PAYE, or
RePAYE.
The payment plans that
qualify for Public Service
Loan Forgiveness are: — Revised Pay As You Earn (
REPAYE)-- Pay As You Earn (PAYE)-- Income - Based Repayment (IBR)-- Income - Contingent Repayment (ICR)-- Standard 10 year repayment
Direct Unsubsidized and Subsidized
Loans, and Direct PLUS loans for graduate students (Grad PLUS) offer a wide range of repayment assistance options including forgiveness for qualified borrowers, forbearance, deferments, and Income - Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE and REPAYE) plans that tailor the monthly payments to your income l
Loans, and Direct PLUS
loans for graduate students (Grad PLUS) offer a wide range of repayment assistance options including forgiveness for qualified borrowers, forbearance, deferments, and Income - Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE and REPAYE) plans that tailor the monthly payments to your income l
loans for graduate students (Grad PLUS) offer a wide range of repayment assistance options including forgiveness
for qualified borrowers, forbearance, deferments, and Income - Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE and
REPAYE) plans that tailor the monthly payments to your income level.
You can
qualify for PAYE or
REPAYE with Federal consolidation
loans as long as none of the individual
loans are PLUS
loans made to parents.
REPAYE loans qualify for PSLF and tend to suit borrowers planning
for PSLF applications.
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.
But
REPAYE is less generous to borrowers with grad school debt, who must make 25 years of payments before they
qualify for loan forgiveness.
However, if you choose to refinance federal
loans, you will lose certain borrower benefits that come only with federal
loans, like the opportunity to
qualify for income - driven repayment plans like Revised Pay As You Earn (
REPAYE).
Borrowers enrolled in income - driven repayment plans like
REPAYE qualify for loan forgiveness after they have made regular payments
for 20 or 25 years.