The REPAYE plan keeps taking care of half of the unapaid interest
on subsidized loans after this three - year period, and will pay half of the difference on your unsubsidized loans during all periods (for more on the difference between subsidized and unsubsidized loans, see «Subsidized vs. unsubsidized student loans: What is the difference?
Any unpaid interest is capitalized (full subsidy available for the first three years on subsidized loans, plus 50 % of the intrest
on subsidized loans after the first three years, plus 50 % of the interst subsidy on unsubsidized loans during any year — as long as you remain eligible and stay on this plan).
Under the REPAYE Plan, the government will pay half the difference
on your subsidized loans after this three - year period, and will pay half the difference on your unsubsidized loans during all periods.
Not exact matches
Additionally, if you're
on an income - driven repayment plan, the government will pay the remaining unpaid accrued interest
on your
subsidized loans, including the
subsidized portion of a consolidation
loan, for up to three consecutive years
after you begin repayment under IBR or PAYE.
It's important to note that while you don't have to begin making payments
on most federal
loans until
after graduation unless your
loans are
subsidized, you'll begin racking up interest charges as soon as you take them out.
As of mid-2012, graduate students have no longer been eligible for
subsidized loans, and are responsible for accruing interest
on any
loans taken out
after July 1 of that year.
In other words, under these plans you will not experience any negative amortization
on your
subsidized federal student
loans for up to three years
after graduating.
Not only is that a relatively affordable, fixed rate, but interest
on subsidized loans doesn't start accruing until your grace period expires, six months
after you leave school.
You do not have to pay for the interest
on subsidized student
loans while you are in school and six months
after graduation or leaving school, but you have to begin paying the
loan off (principal plus interest)
after this grace period.
Currently,
subsidized loans don't require payments
on interest until
after students leave school.
For
loans made for periods of enrollment beginning
on or
after July 1, 2012, graduate and professional students will no longer be eligible to receive
subsidized loans.
Subsidized Stafford
loans are the most desirable student
loans because the government pays the interest
on your
loan while you're in school, during the six - month grace period
after school and during a period of deferment if you are having financial trouble
after graduation.
After you have proven that you need financial assistance in paying for your tuition, the U.S. Department of Education will pay the interest
on your Direct
Subsidized Loans while you are enrolled in school, as long as you are attending at least half - time.
Generally, interest
on Direct
Subsidized and FFELP
Subsidized Loans begins to accrue
after your six - month grace period.
This grace period «interest subsidy» was eliminated for Direct
subsidized loans made
on or
after July 1, 2012 and before July 1, 2014.
For all Direct
Subsidized and Unsubsidized
Loans for which the disbursement date is
on or
after July 1, 2010, the origination fee dropped to 1 %.
For
loans made for periods of enrollment beginning
on or
after July 1, 2012, graduate and professional students are no longer be eligible to receive
subsidized loans.
As of mid-2012, graduate students have no longer been eligible for
subsidized loans, and are responsible for accruing interest
on any
loans taken out
after July 1 of that year.
Interest is charged
on both
loans while you're in school, The Department of Education pays the interest
on the Direct
Subsidized Loan, while you're in school at least halftime and for the first six months
after you graduate school.
As it stands now, anyone that applies for a government
subsidized student
loan that is anticipating repaying
after June 2014 should plan
on the interest rate charged to double.
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.
In addition, you must have received a disbursement of a Direct
Subsidized Loan, Direct Unsubsidized
Loan, or Direct PLUS
Loan for graduate or professional students
on or
after Oct. 1, 2011, or you must have received a Direct Consolidation
Loan based
on an application that was received
on or
after Oct. 1, 2011.
NOTE: If you are a first - time borrower
on or
after July 1, 2013 and you exceed the maximum eligibility (150 % of the length of time to complete your specific academic program as defined by your school), you will be responsible for the interest
on your
subsidized loans while in school and during approved periods of postponing payments.
The interest
on the
subsidized loan does not start accruing until
after the 6 - month grace period.
I thought that the interest
on subsidized and the unsubsidized
loans would not start accruing until the 6 - month grace period was over (
after I graduated) but that not the case.
This means that interest rates
on subsidized loans made
on or
after July 1, 2013 will double from the current level.
Interest rates
on subsidized Stafford
loans doubled
on July 1, 2013, from 3.4 to 6.8 percent,
after Congress was unable to pass new legislation.
For example, if your
loan was taken out
on or
after July 1st, 2015, but before July 1st, 2016, your interest rate for undergraduate
subsidized and unsubsidized
loans is 4.29 percent.
Subsidized loans, available to students who have a demonstrated financial need, generally have more favorable terms because, currently, the U.S. Department of Education pays the interest
on the
loan while the student is in school and for the first six months
after.
The big benefit of
subsidized student
loans is that the government pays the interest
on the
loan while you are in school, for the first six months
after you graduate, and during any periods of deferment.