In addition, your newly consolidated loans are eligible to participate
in other repayment plans as long as you meet all of the financial requirements for the desired repayment plan.
With other repayment plans such as the income - contingent repayment plan, various factors like one's family size have to be taken into consideration.
Because a reduced monthly payment under the Pay As You Earn plan generally extends your repayment period, you may pay more total interest over the life of the loan than you would
under other repayment plans.
For more information
on other repayment plans and links to calculators, visit StudentAid.gov / repay - loans / understand / plans.
The benefits of the Standard Repayment Plan are that you end up paying less than
other repayment plans because of the relatively short repayment term, and you relieve yourself of your student loans in just ten years.
For any income - driven repayment plan, periods of economic hardship deferment, periods of repayment under
certain other repayment plans, and periods when your required payment is zero will count toward your total repayment period.
But that doesn't explain
why other repayment plans hitched to earnings are so underrepresented among borrowers who are current on their college debt.
There's plenty
of other repayment plans that you could benefit if the Income Sensitive Repayment plan isn't the one for you.
The benefits of the Standard Repayment Plan are that you end up paying less than
other repayment plans because of the relatively short repayment term, and you relieve yourself of your student loans in just ten years.
For any income - driven repayment plan, periods of economic hardship deferment, periods of repayment under
certain other repayment plans, and periods when your required payment is zero will count toward your total repayment period.
You may choose to leave the alternative repayment plan and repay under
any other repayment plan for which you are eligible.
Depending on how your income changes over time, you may pay more in total than you would under
some other repayment plans, such as the 10 - year standard plan.
Or those who can not afford their monthly payments, but can still afford to pay more than the 10 % or 15 % of their total income as outlined by
the other repayment plans.
Other repayment plans would start off with a lower monthly payment that rises according to my income.
And then you have
other repayment plans that are available to you.
The Department of Education has on - line calculators to help you estimate payments under the extended and
other repayment plans.
If you switch to
any other repayment plan, you will end up paying more over the life of the loan.
If you don't apply for one of
the other repayment plans, you'll be automatically enrolled in the Standard Repayment Plan when your grace period ends.
Debt settlement is a program reserved for those who owe massive amounts to creditors and can not realistically afford the monthly payments of
any other repayment plan.
However, to take advantage of
these other repayment plans, you must decide to enroll in your chosen repayment plan.
You may choose to leave the alternative repayment plan and repay under
any other repayment plan for which you are eligible.
There's plenty of
other repayment plans that you could benefit from if REPAYE isn't the one for you.
Extended Graduated Repayment is right for you if you have a lot of debt, and while none of
the other repayment plans work for your current financial situation, you hope to be able to pay more in the future.
Other repayment plans may give you more time to repay your loans, which can decrease your monthly payments but lead to paying more interest over the loan's lifetime.
You can no longer receive deferment or forbearance, you will no longer qualify for
other repayment plans, and you can no longer receive any additional federal student aid.