Interest Rates Chart
| Stafford Loans | 2008 - 2009 (current rates) |
2009 - 2010 (new rates) |
|---|---|---|
| Disbursed On/After 10/1/92 & Before 7/1/94 | 5.01% | 3.28% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/94 | 5.01% | 3.28% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/94 & Before 7/1/95 | 5.01% | 3.28% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/95 & Before 7/1/98 In-School and Grace Period All Other Periods |
4.41% 5.01% |
2.68% 3.28% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/98 & Before 7/1/06 In-School and Grace Period All Other Periods |
3.61% 4.21% |
1.88% 2.48% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/06 Unsubsidized Stafford Loans |
6.80% |
6.80% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/06 Subsidized Stafford Loans (Except Subsidized, Undergraduate) |
6.80% |
6.80% |
| Disbursed Between 7/1/08 and 6/30/09 Subsidized Undergraduate Stafford Loans |
6.0% |
6.0% |
| Disbursed Between 7/1/09 and 6/30/10 Subsidized Undergraduate Stafford Loans |
n/a |
5.6% |
| SLS Loans | 2008 - 2009 (current rates) |
2009 - 2010 (new rates) |
|---|---|---|
| Disbursed Before 10/1/92 | 5.82% | 3.73% |
| Disbursed On/After 10/1/92 | 5.67% | 3.58% |
| PLUS Loans | 2008 - 2009 (current rates) |
2009 - 2010 (new rates) |
|---|---|---|
| Disbursed Before 10/1/92 | 5.82% | 3.73% |
| Disbursed On/After 10/1/92 & Before 7/1/94 | 5.67% | 3.58% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/94 & Before 7/1/98 | 5.67% | 3.58% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/98 & Before 7/1/06 | 5.01% | 3.28% |
| Disbursed On/After 7/1/06 | 8.50% | 8.50% |
| Consolidation Loans |
|---|
| Although there is no deadline to consolidate your loans, each year interest rates change on July 1st and can go up as high as 8.25%. The interest rate on a consolidation loan is based on the weighted average of the current statutory rates of your existing loans and rounded up to the nearest 1/8th of 1%. |