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Federal Student Loans vs. Private Student Loans (Page 1 of 2)
Few students can afford to pay for college out of their savings, so they use student loans to pay for school. Two major categories of student loans include federal loans and private loans. Because we believe that it is important to understand your education-funding options, this article investigates the difference between federal and private student loans.
These days, there are very few students who can afford to pay for college without some form of education financing. Two-thirds of undergraduate students have some debt, while 88% of law students need to borrow to finance their education. A typical undergraduate may graduate with more than $20,000 of debt, while graduate students may have significantly higher indebtedness. Law school students may graduate with an average of $80,000 in student loans. Typically, students have acquired both federal and private debt, but what are the differences between these types of loans? And is one better than the other? Read on for an explanation of both categories of student loans.
Many students rely on federal student loans to help finance their education. The most common federal loan is a Stafford Loan. These may be issued directly from the government to the student, or they may be issued by a private lender, such as a bank or credit union, belonging to the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). Either way, these loans are guaranteed against default by the federal government.
Something else to remember about Stafford Loans is they may be subsidized or unsubsidized. If you are eligible for a subsidized Stafford Loan, the government will pay the interest while you are in school. Subsidized Stafford Loans are generally given to students who can demonstrate financial need. If you receive an unsubsidized Stafford Loan, you will be responsible for paying all of the interest, although you may have the payments deferred until after graduation. If you choose to defer paying the interest until after graduation, the interest will be capitalized, or added to the loan amount. To qualify for an unsubsidized Stafford Loan, you do not need to demonstrate financial need.
The amount of your Stafford Loan will vary depending on your year in school. However, graduate students may borrow up to $18,500 each year (with $8,500 being subsidized) with a combined limit for graduate and undergraduate federal loans of $65,500 for dependent students. If you are an independent student, the cumulative limit you may borrow is $138,500 for your graduate and undergraduate studies.
Stafford Loans have variable interest rates, based on the 91-day T-bill, and this interest rate is adjusted each year on July 1. Stafford Loans have an interest rate cap of 8.25%. All lenders offer the same base rate for Stafford loans because the interest rate is predetermined by the government, although many lenders offer payment incentives and/or discounts to help you reduce your interest rate further. Another benefit of federal loans is you may lock in a fixed interest rate if you choose to consolidate your federal student loans. That way, you will not be affected by adjustments in the interest rate each year.
Private Bad Credit Lenders
Just what is a private bad credit lender?
A private bad credit lender is a company, not connected to a bank that offers personal and mortgage loans to individuals or business owners that have no credit or less than perfect credit.
This type of lending program would be ideal for a the person that has no credit or bad credit and they just want to get approved for a personal or business loan up to $20,000.
These types of lenders do not depend on the credit reporting system that all banks and loan companies normally use to process a loan application.
The private bad credit lender would look at an applicant’s total financial situation to approve or not approve a loan.
They would take into account how long they have been on there job, there debt and if they have bad credit, what happen to get them to that point.
If a person has no credit or bad credit, a private lender is the only type of company that would be willing to give them a second chance and approve there application for a loan.
What Type Of Loans Do Private Lenders Offer?
Personal Loans Payday Loans Business Loans Home Loans
Generally speaking, most lenders would like to approve a loan with the lowest risk possible.
Unsecured personal loans would be considered a high risk loan, where as, secured personal loans and home loans would be considered as low risk loans.
If you have poor credit and you want to apply for a personal loan, you must show the lender why your credit is the way it is at this point, and why you feel that given you a personal loan would be a low risk for them.
The lender will look over your finances to make sure you can afford to pay the loan back on time. They will add up all of your monthly bills to see what you will have left over once all of your basic bills are paid.
You must be able to afford the monthly payments before the lender will approve your loan.
Work History
A stable work history will greatly help your chances of getting approved for a loan and how much you can get.
The longer you have been on the same job, the better. Changing jobs every year will not help your chances of getting approved. But it is ok if you have changed jobs yearly, if you have stayed in the same line of work.
The main concern of any private bad credit lender would be can you handle the monthly payments for their loan?
Secured Loans
A secured loan would be a lot easier to get approved.
Secured loans are loans that are backed up by something of value, like a home or car.
With a home loan or car loan, if you don’t make your payments, the lender can always take the item back and sell it to get there money.
Are You Ready To Apply For A Personal Loan?
If you have no credit or bad credit and are ready to apply for a loan, you should go online to search for a list of private bad credit lenders. You would normally have to pay a fee to get this type of list. Companies invest a great deal of time to put together there bad credit lender’s list.
Most bad credit lenders do not advertise their services because they normally have more client’s than they can handle.
Once you have located the lenders, you must call each one of them to see if they can work with your current credit situation. They should be able to tell you upfront, if they have a loan program for your type of credit background.