Why we like it: If you are eligible to
receive subsidized loans, take them without thinking twice.
For example, if you're borrowing money for the first time, you can't
receive subsidized loans for longer than 150 % of the length of your educational program.
That means if you're enrolled in a four - year course, you can only
receive subsidized loans for six years.
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.
For instance, if you are enrolled in a four - year degree program, the maximum period for which you can
receive subsidized loans is six years (150 percent of four years = six years).
* As of July 1, 2012, graduate or professional students are no longer eligible to
receive subsidized loans.
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.
Only students whose FAFSA shows financial need can
receive subsidized loans, which don't charge interest while still in school.
To be sure, some of these students
received subsidized loans that they may have needed to fully repay, or grants and scholarships that only partially covered tuition.
The above notwithstanding, if
you received your subsidized loan between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2014, you will be responsible for the payment of any interest that accrued on your loan during the six months grace period.
If
you receive a subsidized loan of only $ 1,000, this leaves $ 4,500 that you can borrow in the form of an unsubsidized loan.
Those with exceptional financial need who
receive a subsidized loan and take advantage of the income - based repayment plan may find that their education costs are easy to manage after graduation.
If your family contribution is determined to be too low to cover the costs of your education, you may be eligible for
receiving a subsidized loan.
Comments: Some commenters disagreed with the Department's proposal to apply the interest rate on Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans, arguing that this approach would not account for whether students were undergraduate or graduate students, or for the percentage of students who
received Subsidized Loans instead of Unsubsidized Loans.
The amount you can borrow is based on which year of study you are in, whether you are a dependent or independent student, and if you are
receiving subsidized loans, unsubsidized loans or both.
Not exact matches
Students enrolled at non-participating institutions, or those enrolled in participating institutions who are above the income threshold for gratuidad, can still apply for government scholarships and
receive a government - backed
subsidized loan.
The incremental change in student aid for low - income students who
received scholarships and heavily
subsidized loans prior to gratuidad is arguably small, and upper - income students still must pay tuition.
These
loans are unique in that instead of making payments to the lender, borrowers
receive money from the lender that helps them
subsidize their retirement savings.
The amount of
subsidized loan a student may
receive is determined by the school he is attending, and on the student's other financial aids, expected family contribution, and cost of attendance.
For example, if a borrower requests a $ 10,000 Federal
Subsidized Loan with a 1.069 % origination fee, $ 106.90 will be deducted from the loan amount and $ 9,893.10 will be received by the borro
Loan with a 1.069 % origination fee, $ 106.90 will be deducted from the
loan amount and $ 9,893.10 will be received by the borro
loan amount and $ 9,893.10 will be
received by the borrower.
Students can not
receive Subsidized Direct
Loans for more than 150 % of the length of their program.
You can
receive a Direct
Subsidized Loan if you have financial need as determined by the results of your FAFSA.
Any new Direct
Subsidized Loans or Direct Unsubsidized
Loans you
receive won't enter repayment until the end of the six - month grace period after you leave school.
Something important to note: if you
received your first disbursement of a
Subsidized Loan in the period beginning July 1 2012 to July 1 2014, you will be responsible for paying the interest that is accrued during the grace period.
Both the
subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford carry fees that reduce the
loan amount
received and the dollars applied to appropriate educational expenses.
So if you were lucky you
received some
subsidized or unsubsidized
loans from the Federal Government.
Whether you
receive Direct
Subsidized Loans or Direct Unsubsidized Loans, or both, it is important to understand the differences between the loans as well as the criteria of
Loans or Direct Unsubsidized
Loans, or both, it is important to understand the differences between the loans as well as the criteria of
Loans, or both, it is important to understand the differences between the
loans as well as the criteria of
loans as well as the criteria of both.
You may
receive up to $ 17,500 in forgiveness on your unsubsidized and direct
subsidized loan upon qualifying.
There also are limits on the amount in
subsidized and unsubsidized
loans you may be eligible to
receive each academic year (annual
loan limits) and the total amounts you may borrow for undergraduate and graduate study (aggregate
loan limits).
However, if you transfer credits toward the completion of a comparable program at another institution and do not
receive a closed school
loan discharge of the
loans attributable to your closed school's program of study, those
loans will continue to count toward your 150 - percent
subsidized loan usage period and your annual and aggregate
loan limits.
Learn more about the maximum period of time you are eligible to
receive Direct
Subsidized Loans.
If you apply for and
receive a closed school
loan discharge, the discharged
loan will no longer count against your 150 - percent
subsidized loan usage period or your annual and aggregate
loan limits.
However,
subsidized loans are limited both in the amount you can borrow per year and by the number of academic years you can
receive them.
If you are a student who has
received subsidized, unsubsidized, or PLUS
loans under the Direct
Loan Program or the Federal Family Education
Loan (FFEL) Program *, you must complete exit counseling.
While the interest rate increase may only affect people
receiving federally -
subsidized student
loans, the exception of student
loans from discharge in bankruptcy affects all student
loan debtors.
Subsidized Stafford loans enable need - based college students to receive subsidized interest rate payments, which means the loan does not increase in value while the student is
Subsidized Stafford
loans enable need - based college students to
receive subsidized interest rate payments, which means the loan does not increase in value while the student is
subsidized interest rate payments, which means the
loan does not increase in value while the student is in school.
Under current law, only students with an expected family contribution (EFC)-- the amount that the federal government expects a family to pay toward the student's postsecondary education expenses — of less than about $ 5,200 are eligible for a Pell grant, whereas recipients of
subsidized loans may have a larger EFC, as long as it is less than their estimated tuition, room, board, and other costs of attendance not covered by other aid
received.
Loan amounts range from $ 5,500 up to $ 20,500, less any
subsidized amounts
received for same period, depending on grade level and dependency status.
Undergraduate borrowers who can demonstrate financial need could
receive a federal
subsidized loan, meaning the government pays the interest until you graduate.
A credit check is not required for you to
receive a Direct
Subsidized or Direct Unsubsidized
Loan.
«Eliminating
subsidized loans would increase the cost of college by thousands of dollars for many of the six million undergraduates who
receive those
loans each year,» according to the blog run by the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), a non-profit higher education advocacy group.
Some of the benefits student
loan borrowers in an income - driven repayment plan
receive (lower payments and potential forgiveness) are essentially
subsidized by taxpayers.
With the administration's latest move, students may no longer be able to
receive subsidized student
loans, such as the Federal Perkins
loans.
For example, if you are enrolled in a four - year bachelor's degree program, the maximum period for which you can
receive Direct
Subsidized Loans is six years (150 percent of 4 years = 6 years).
I transferred into the shorter program and lost eligibility for Direct
Subsidized Loans because I have
received Direct
Subsidized Loans for a period that equals or exceeds my new, lower maximum eligibility period, which is based on the length of the new program?
However, there are limits on the amount in
subsidized and unsubsidized
loans that you may be eligible to
receive each academic year (annual
loan limits) and the total amounts that you may borrow for undergraduate and graduate study (aggregate
loan limits).
If you are enrolled in a two - year associate degree program, the maximum period for which you can
receive Direct
Subsidized Loans is three years (150 percent of 2 years = 3 years).
Students may be eligible to
receive subsidized and unsubsidized
loans based on their financial need.
Also, if you
receive Direct
Subsidized Loans for one program and then change to another program, the Direct
Subsidized Loans you
received for the earlier program will generally count toward your new maximum eligibility period.
If this limit applies to you, you may not
receive Direct
Subsidized Loans for more than 150 percent of the published length of your program.