Not exact matches
The
total demand for and resulting cost of the Pell Grant program grew exponentially between 2007 and 2011 as a result of more Americans enrolling in college and lower family incomes during the Great Recession.58 In 2011, to compensate for an inadequate reserve to fund the growing demand of Pell Grants, Congress cut year - round Pell Grant eligibility, which was restored this year, and eliminated graduate
student subsidized loans.59 This affected the
student aid packages of
students nationwide.60 By cutting the Pell Grant reserve, President Trump and Secretary DeVos risk the ability to fund future upticks in Pell Grant demand, thereby requiring either future reductions to eligibility, lower awards, or cuts to other education programs.
I am at the very end of the grace period since I graduated, and will owe a
total of $ 47,000 in
student loans (all are government ED
loans both Direct and Stafford unsubsidized and
subsidized).
The
total amount of Stafford
loans, including both
subsidized and unsubsidized, that undergraduates can borrow is $ 31,000 for dependent
students and $ 57,500 for independent
students.
These are my FFEL Federal Stafford
Subsidized and Unsubsidized
Student Loans that had gone into default long ago (which means
TOTAL AMOUNT now due) and had actually aged off all 3 Credit reports in late 2015 and had been permanently assigned to the Government in early 2008.
The federal government will pay interest on
subsidized federal
loans while the
student is in school at least half - time, but all other
student loans have that interest added to the
total repayment amount.
However, the amount provided through a direct
subsidized loan can not exceed the
total financial need of each
student.
Of this
total, a maximum of $ 3,500 can be in
subsidized student loans.
Moving on to the independent
student category, first - year undergrads can get a
total of $ 9,500 in Stafford
loans, and $ 3,500 of this amount can be in
subsidized Stafford
loans.