Approved Colleges - Guide to Financial Aid: Loans

Learn the facts about student loans in a hurry using our multimedia resources. There are several different types of federal and private loans students can apply for. The best student loans offer a subsidized interest rate. However, most loans are unsubsidized, which means that students usually end up paying more than their original loan principle. For more information visit: http://www.approvedcolleges.com/resources/financial-aid/loans.

View more

From: approvedcolleges

Related topics : interest student loan / student loan rates / subsidized loan interest rate / student college loan

Student loan interest rates to double in July?

Student loan debt has surpassed the $1 trillion mark and in July things can get a little trickier for college grads struggling to pay off their school loans. If Congress doesn't act fast, interest rates on government subsidized loans can potentially increase two-fold by July First. President Obama has publicly addressed Congress in hopes of something being done soon. Stef Gray, economic justice organizer for Change.org, joins us with more.

If you wish to get additional reliable news and key...

View more

From: ZyPhReX

Related topics : subsidized loan interest rate / interest rates loan / debt student loan

CT college students share personal stories of student loan debt

Without Congressional action, 73,000 Connecticut college students will see the interest rate on their subsidized Stafford student loans double on July 1. As he did one year ago when the interest rates were first in danger of doubling, Congressman Joe Courtney is advocating for students and their families in the House of Representatives to lock the current interest rates at 3.4 percent by introducing the Student Loan Relief Act of 2013 (H.R. 1595).

View more

From: Joe Courtney

Related topics : student college loan / student loan rates / subsidized loan interest rate

Student Debt - Delete The Debt

Learn how to settle your debt for free

feel free to visit : http://goo.gl/aPx7m

This is the main piece of capstone project at Maryville University, called Delete the Debt.

Delete the Debt is a campaign that raises awareness of the quickly rising student debt level in our country.

Researched, written and animated by, Michael Bischoff.

Learn how to settle your debt for free

feel free to visit : http://goo.gl/aPx7m

credit card debt consolidation, debt consolidation companies, private lenders,...

View more

From: SettleOurDebt

Related topics : student loan debt consolidation / interest student loan calculator / student college loan / student loan education / company loan interest rate

Courtney: Keep student loan interest rates from doubling

Congressman Joe Courtney introduced legislation, H.R. 3826, to ensure that interest rates on certain student loans do not dramatically increase this year.

In 2007, Congress made an historic investment in higher education when it passed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. The legislation includes a provision that reduced the fixed rate on Stafford student loans for undergraduate students. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act lowered subsidized Stafford student loan rates from 6.8...

View more

From: Joe Courtney

Related topics : student loan rates / subsidized loan interest rate / student loan education

Sen. Franken's Statement on College Affordability

Sen. Franken went to the floor of the Senate to speak in favor of freezing the federally subsidized student loan interest rates at 3.4%.

View more

From: Sen. Al Franken

Related topics : subsidized loan interest rate / interest student loan

House Approves Lower Rates on Student Loans

A bill that would lower the cost of student loans has passed the House and is heading to President Barack Obama for his signature. Undergraduates this fall would borrow at a 3.9 percent interest rate for subsidized and unsubsidized loans. (July 31)

View more

From: Associated Press

Related topics : subsidized loan interest rate / student loan rates

Courtney: "Solving the student loan crisis should be a 'national priority'"

On May 7, 2012, Congressman Joe Courtney appeared on MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss his legislation to prevent interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans from doubling on July 1.

View more

From: Joe Courtney

Related topics : subsidized loan interest rate / student loan rates

Courtney applauds the bipartisan compromise preventing student loan rate hike

On Friday, June 29, 2012, Congressman Courtney spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives after the House passed legislation to prevent the interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans from doubling on July 1. Courtney introduced legislation on January 25 to permanently lock in the low rate, and worked with a number of groups - including PIRG, USSA, Campus Progress, Young Invincibles, Credo Action, and Rebuild the Dream - for months to prevent the rate from doubling.

View more

From: Joe Courtney

Related topics : subsidized loan interest rate / student loan rates

College grads to pay double the interest on student loans?

All across America college grads are struggling to find work and this is leaving many of them questioning whether the price of higher education was worth it. Student debt has recently surpassed credit card debt and that number may increase more rapidly than expected. Interest rates on government subsidized loans are set to double by July First if Congress doesn't act soon. Rae Ann Roca, founder of Loan Reform Now, fills us in on the matter.

Like us and/or follow...

View more

From: RT America

Related topics : student loan debt credit card / subsidized loan interest rate