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Understanding your Loan Options

Understanding the Subsidized & Unsubsidized Student loans & the Parent Plus Loan
Understanding the College Bill
529 Plans VS Student Loans VS Payment Plans, what is the right choice?
College Loan Ranking (Top 5 to consider):
 
This one lets you take the co-signer off after one year of payments.
Also there is benefits for using a checking account direct debit it lowers the rates.
Also they provide free tutoring help through their partnership with Chegg.
Also does not have any loan fees added
 
*We have a partnership agreement with Sallie Mae so if you could use this link it helps us.
 
 
 
 
This one lets you take the co-signer off after 36 months of payments.
 
 
Also there is benefits for using a checking account direct debit it lowers the rates.
Also there is benefits for using a checking account direct debit it lowers the rates.
 
 
 
This one requires the cosigner to stay on the loan. But the rates are very good as well. Just a bit higher than what I am seeing from Sallie Mae and Citizens at the moment.
Also this one does not have any Loan Fees added to it.
 
 
 
This is for the New Jersey State loan and I rate it the third best option at the moment. Mainly because of the Loan fees of 3% that the other three don’t.
 
 
Here is the last loan to consider if the rates are higher than what you want or if you are denied the other loans:
 
 
This is the fifth Loan I would consider in the mix. It has a fixed 5.30 interest rate and can only be taken out by the parent. It also has a loan fee of 4.236 percent. 
 
For the higher starting interest rate and the fee this puts it in fifth place on the list.
 

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