Any unpaid interest is capitalized (subsidy available for the first three
years on subsidized loans only — as long as you remain eligible and stay on this plan.
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).
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.
When your minimum payment does not cover all the interest that accumulates
on your
subsidized loans, the government will pay your interest fees for three
years.
But if you are
on a REPAYE repayment plan and your minimum payment doesn't cover the interest charges, the government will pay all of the interest
on your
subsidized loans for up to three
years.
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.
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 d
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 d
subsidized and unsubsidized
loans, see «
Subsidized vs. unsubsidized student loans: What is the d
Subsidized vs. unsubsidized student
loans: What is the difference?
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.
If your monthly payment doesn't cover all the interest you owe each month, the REPAYE, PAYE, and IBR plans take care of any unpaid interest that accrues
on subsidized loans for up to three
years from the date you enroll (for more
on REPAYE and other IDR plans, see our guide).
Under the Teacher
Loan Forgiveness Program, if you teach full - time for five complete and consecutive academic
years in a low - income school or educational service agency, and meet other qualifications, you may be eligible for forgiveness of up to $ 17,500
on your Direct
Subsidized and Unsubsidized
Loans and your
Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford
Loans.
That being said, the interest
on your student
loans will accrue each
year unless you have Perkins
loans (for those in exceptional financial need) or federal
subsidized loans.
If your payments don't cover the interest that accrues, the government pays or waives the unpaid interest (the difference between your monthly payment and the interest that accrued)
on subsidized Stafford
loans for the first three
years of income - based repayment.
In addition, it is probably important to mention that the interest rate
on subsidized student
loans is doubling from 3.4 % to 6.8 % this coming academic
year.
If the calculated payment does not cover the interest charges (
on the
subsidized portions of the
loan), the government will pay the difference for up to three
years so that the
loan balance does not increase.
The government will pay for 100 % of accruing interest
on subsidized loans for the first three
years.
Rates
on future
subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford
loans will be set at 2.05 percentage points above the yield
on the 10 -
year Treasury note, and capped at 8.25 % for undergraduate students.
$ 5,500 to $ 12,500 per
year in Direct
Subsidized Loans and Direct Unsubsidized
Loans depending
on certain factors, including your
year in college.
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).
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.
Under the three plans, the government will pay the difference between your monthly payment amount and the remaining interest that accrues
on your
subsidized loans for up to three consecutive
years from the date you begin repaying the
loans under the plan.
If, based
on your circumstances,
loan amount, and interest rate, your calculated monthly payment does not cover the interest accrued, then the government will pay your unpaid accrued interest
on subsidized loans for up to three consecutive
years from the date repayment begins.
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.
Direct
subsidized loans, or
subsidized Stafford
loans, are available in different amounts depending
on what
year you are in school.
If you're an undergraduate, the maximum annual amount of a
subsidized loan depends
on your
year in school.
On subsidized loans under REPAYE, you're not responsible for paying the difference between your monthly payment and the remaining interest that accrues for the first 3 consecutive
years.
There are limits to the total amount that can be borrowed in a given
year and overall with Stafford
loans, with lower caps
on subsidized loans.
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).
As a bonus, the government will pay your interest
on subsidized loans for the first 3
years.
Under this program, if you teach full - time for five complete and consecutive academic
years in certain elementary and secondary schools and educational service agencies that serve low - income families, and meet other qualifications, you may be eligible for forgiveness of up to a combined total of $ 17,500
on your Direct
Subsidized and Unsubsidized
Loans and your
Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford
Loans.
Limits for
subsidized loans range from $ 2,625 per
year to $ 8,500 per
year, depending
on the student's dependency status and
year in school.
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.
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.
First of all, if you had
subsidized federal
loans (the kind where the government pays your
loan interest for you when you're in school), for the first three
years that you're
on the Pay As You Earn plan, the government will continue providing an interest subsidy.
Since 2013, interest rates
on federal student
loans have been set annually according to the 10 -
year Treasury note rate, plus a fixed percentage that differs by
loan type (e.g.,
subsidized Stafford, unsubsidized Stafford, PLUS).