…  his private loans as quickly as possible. Private loans are the fastest-growing sector of the multibillion-dollar student loan …  also won some scholarships. Still, she fell far short of what’s needed to pay Northeastern’s $40,000 annual tuition and room and board. …

…  with student loans are lighting up phone lines as tonight’s midnight deadline …  quickly approaches. “In June it started with what I would call medium heavy,” said Bob Zier, the vice president of …

…  from lots of lenders about his student loan. Lenders are hawking offers to consolidate student loans and lock in rates before rates …  want to go,” Masslon said. “I want to make sure I’m doing what’s best for me down the road.” Federal Stafford student loans go up 1.84 …

…  from 5.3 percent to 7.14 percent, while PLUS Loans for parents will rise from 6.10 percent to 7.94 percent - both an increase of 1.84 …  Martin said. “However,” Martin said, “students can use what are called deferments and forbearances to delay their payments until …

…  bring on the pressure of debt … a lot of debt if you are like the average person graduating from college this year. Until now, …  for the next 12 months and maybe a lot longer. Here is what’s at stake: Say you have just finished four years of college and you have …

…  rates on student loans are set to rise again in July by almost two points, making this …  should contact their lender and see what consolidation benefits they offer. Even though the interest rates are set …

…  with the common Stafford and Plus student loans are likely to see their interest rates jump by about 2 percentage points at the …  in effect be earning 4.5 percent, which competes with what you could earn in a safe investment such as a certificate of deposit at a …

…  closing, and while rates have moved higher, students and parents who still have Stafford Loans or Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students …  they wait for their applications to be processed. That’s what happened last year, when the volume of student and graduate loans being …

…  this time of the year, anxious high school students find out whether they’ve been accepted by the college of their choice. For their parents, there’s the added anxiety of how to pay for that college …  at least one unconsolidated loan,” he said. That’s what Dallas attorney Michael Collins did. Loans can be consolidated He …

…  to start thinking about paying for college,” says Karen Walker, the Director of Student Financial Services at Southeast Missouri State …  a local financial aid office. From there, you can learn what type of aid and how much aid you’re eligible to …