在还款

You are responsible to pay your loan(s) according to 的 terms 和 conditions of 的 loan 和 to request assistance as soon as possible if needed. But federal student loans offer many options to assist you during repayment.

信用报告

Your student loans are reported to 的 national credit bureaus 和 updates will be reported monthly for 的 life of your loan.

  • 良好的信用评级 from 的se loans will put you in good st和ing when you need credit elsewhere.
  • 不良信用评级 will affect your financial opportunities for an extended period of time 和 remains on your credit report for seven years.
  • 延期和忍耐的时期 不会对你的信用造成不利影响吗.

推迟付款

联络你的贷款服务机构 立即 如果你不能履行你的还款责任. Your servicer can provide information about 的 options available to assist you which may include deferment or forbearance. 如果您有多个贷款服务机构, any request for deferment or forbearance must be submitted to each of your loan servicers.

Upon receipt of your request, your loan servicer(s) will notify you of 的 approval or denial of it. You are responsible to make your payments on time until you receive notification that your request has been approved.

延期

延期 is a period of time in which you are not required to make monthly payments towards your loan. The circumstances in which you can receive deferment depend on 的 type of loan. 

Federal student loans provide a variety of deferment options including during periods when 的 borrower is enrolled at least half-time 和 during periods of 经济困难 和 unemployment.

Your loan servicer(s) will provide information regarding eligibility criteria 和 forms to submit your request for deferment. If you have multiple loan servicers, you must submit any deferment request to each loan servicer.

Direct subsidized/unsubsidized, FFEL Stafford, PLUS loan, 帕金斯贷款

珀金斯贷款,由斯坦福大学颁发

  • 延期信息和申请延期的表格 腹地ECSI.
  • 帕金斯贷款 that have fully utilized 的 grace period provided after you have dropped to less than half-time, 撤回, or graduating will receive a post-deferment six-month grace period following an in-school, 经济困难, 或者任何其他类型的延迟. 这并不适用于忍耐.

护理贷款,SPU颁发

  • 延期信息和申请延期的表格 腹地ECSI.
  • Nursing loans have specific eligibility criteria for in-school deferment. 联络学生财务服务 寻求帮助.
  • Nursing loans provide in-school deferment only if you are enrolled in an eligible nursing program.

SPU机构贷款

  • Institutional loans have specific eligibility criteria for in-school deferment.
  • Institutional loans provide in-school deferment only if you are enrolled at least half-time 在SPU.
  • 联系 学生财务服务 寻求帮助.

忍耐

忍耐 is a period of time in which you ei的r have reduced monthly payments or monthly payments are stopped. 

忍耐 may be requested if you do not meet eligibility criteria for deferment.

  • 忍耐 is approved at 的 discretion of 的 loan servicer.
  • 这不是一个自动的好处.
  • Interest accrues during any period of forbearance 和 may be paid during 的 forbearance period.

For Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized, FFEL Stafford, PLUS 和 alternative loans, 联系您的贷款服务机构.

For Perkins, Nursing, 和 SPU Institutional loans, find forbearance information at 腹地ECSI 或者通过联系 学生财务服务.

拖欠、违约、催收

If your loan has been delinquent (monthly payments have ei的r been missed or sent in late) for an extended period of time — 和 you failed to make payments on your student loan according to 的 terms of your promissory note — your loan may go into default. 查看一些后果,以及防止违约的方法.

教师的取消和延期选择

直接,斯塔福德 和 帕金斯贷款 can provide at least partial loan cancellation for teachers serving in a low-income or subject-matter shortage area. 检查 教师的取消/延期选择 页面信息: Student援助.政府 了解更多信息.

珀金斯贷款减免(取消)

帕金斯贷款 provide cancellation provisions for full-time employment in a variety of service-related jobs. 查看以下信息 eligible service employment 和 forms for Perkins loan cancellation benefits.

延期 in anticipation of cancellation may be requested at 的 beginning of an eligible year of employment. The borrower is responsible for submitting deferment 和 cancellation requests promptly to 的 loan servicer, 腹地ECSI. 表格亦可提交至 学生财务服务 在SPU. If not filed on time, eligibility for 的 benefits may be lost 和 late fees may be assessed.

公务贷款宽免

下 公共服务贷款减免计划, 如果你从事的是公共服务工作, you may have 的 balance of your loans forgiven if you make 120 on-time monthly payments under certain repayment plans after October 1, 2007.

  • 你必须是全职工作 in a public service job during 的 same period in which 的 qualifying payments are made 和 at 的 time that 的 cancellation is granted.
  • 免赔金额 is 的 remaining outst和ing balance of principal 和 accrued interest on eligible Direct loans that are not in default.
  • 审查 的 公共服务贷款豁免 页面 Student援助.政府 欲知更多详情.

护士团贷款偿还计划

美国.S. Department of 健康 和 Human Services provides 的 NURSE Corps 偿还贷款 Program (NELRP), which is a competitive program that repays 60 percent of 的 qualifying loan balance of registered nurses selected for funding in exchange for two years of service at a critical shortage facility.

Participants may be eligible to work a third year 和 receive an additional 25 percent of 的 qualifying loan balance. 请参阅有关此程序的其他信息.