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TAKE CHARGE OF LOAN REPAYMENT! Strategies for Managing Your Debt Successfully Spring 2014 Jeffrey Hanson Education Services Tulane University 1

Federal student loans are unique …  Flexible monthly payment options including the income-driven repayment plans  Payments will always be less than 15% of household’s monthly AGI if you choose the plan with smallest monthly payment  Portion of debt could be forgiven or cancelled  Payment relief options  Deferment  Forbearance  Adjustments to monthly payment 2 Therefore, they are LOW RISK debt—Unlike all other debt (including private student loans), you should never have to miss a payment or default on a federal student loan due to these attributes.

Your Action Plan 5 Steps 1.Take stock of your loan portfolio 2.Determine when repayment begins 3.Pick your repayment plan 4.Evaluate if “Consolidation” is beneficial 5.Repay all that you owe 3

Review your loan history Step 1 4

What do you need to know? For each loan in your portfolio:  Type of loan  Interest rate  Amount owed  Who to repay  When repayment begins  Repayment options 5

NSLDS.ed.gov “Financial Aid Review”—A Useful Resource To access, enter: SSN First two letters of your last name Birthdate Dept. of Ed PIN Duplicate PIN available at: PIN.ed.gov 6

Who do you repay? You should know:  Roles of lender/holder and loan servicer  You will be working with your loan SERVICER  How to contact loan servicer  Phone number  Website 7

Who is your servicer? ServicerWebsitePhone Number FedLoan Servicingmyfedloan.org(800) Great Lakesmygreatlakes.org(800) Nelnetnelnet.com(888) Sallie Maesalliemae.com(800)  Direct Loans initially are assigned to one of the following four ED servicers:  ED may transfer your Direct Loans to another servicer in the future—you will be notified!  Check “loan detail” screen on NSLDS.ed.gov to verify contact information for your loan servicer(s)

Loan Portfolio Chart Sample Worksheet Loan Type Interest Rate LenderServicer Amount Owed Direct Stafford 5.41% U.S. Dept. of Education( ) $ Direct Grad PLUS 6.41% U.S. Dept. of Education( ) $ Perkins 5.0% Tulane University( ) $ 9

Determine when repayment begins Step 2 10

When does repayment begin?  Stafford/Direct Sub and Unsub  6 months after graduation  Perkins  9 months after graduation  Private  Contact lender  Grad PLUS  6 months after graduation due to automatic 6-month post- enrollment deferment  Consolidation  At graduation  Prior loans where grace period has been used  At graduation Loans with GRACE PERIOD Loans without GRACE PERIOD 11

When repayment begins … You must:  Start making payments, OR  Postpone repayment. Action is required! 12

Postponing Repayment  Deferment  Interest is subsidized on subsidized loans; accrues on unsubsidized loans  Forbearance  Interest accrues on ALL loans 13 Should contact servicer and explain why payment relief is needed

Repayment Timetable Graduation = 6/1/2014 Loan Degree Program Grace Period Payment Start Date Action Needed Direct Stafford 6 months≈ 12/1/2014 Select payment plan near end of grace period Direct Grad PLUS none≈ 12/1/2014 Verify post-enrollment deferment will be applied automatically after graduation Perkins 9 months≈ 3/1/

Pick your repayment plan Step 3 15

Picking Your Plan Suggested steps: 1.Understand your options 2.Estimate your budget 3.Define your goals 4.Evaluate possible tradeoffs 5.Leverage loan repayment flexibility 6.Pick your plan 16

Understanding Your Options 17

Loan Repayment Options Stafford, PLUS and Consolidation Loans OptionsPayment StructurePayment Period StandardFixed10 years GraduatedTiered10 years ExtendedFixed or tiered25 years Pay As You Earn (PAYE) (Direct only) Adjusted annually based on: - Household AGI - Household size - Poverty guideline - State of residence 10% of annual “Discretionary Income” 20 years* *Any debt remaining after 20 years is cancelled (amount cancelled taxable) Income Based (IBR) Adjusted annually based on: - Household AGI - Household size - Poverty guideline - State of residence 15% of annual “Discretionary Income” 25 years** **Any debt remaining after 25 years is cancelled (amount cancelled taxable) Income-Contingent (ICR) ( Direct only) Adjusted annually based on: - Household AGI - Household size - Total amount of Direct Loans Approx. 20% of discretionary income 25 years** **Any debt remaining after 25 years is cancelled (amount cancelled taxable) 18

PAYE Additional Eligibility Requirements  Must be a “ new borrower ” on or after October 1, 2007 (10/1/2007)  No federal loans before 10/1/2007, OR  No outstanding balance on an existing federal student loan when you borrowed your first federal student loan on or after 10/1/2007  Must have had a disbursement of a federal student loan on or after 10/1/

Annual amount paid in IBR is 15% of “Discretionary” Income Household AGI “Discretionary” Income Annual IBR payment (15% of “Discretionary” Income) Remainder of “Discretionary” Income AGI protected to cover basic needs (150% of poverty line) 20

Annual amount paid in PAYE is 10% of “Discretionary” Income Household AGI “Discretionary” Income Annual PAYE payment (10% of “Discretionary” Income) Remainder of “Discretionary” Income AGI protected to cover basic needs (150% of poverty line) 21

Sample Monthly Payments PAYE vs. IBR Household AGI 2014 Monthly PFH Payment in 48 states PAYE HH Size = 1 PAYE HH Size = 2 PAYE HH Size = 3 IBR HH Size = 1 IBR HH Size = 2 IBR HH Size = 3 $0 $10,000 $0 $20,000 $21$0 $31$0 $30,000 $104$53$3$156$80$4 $40,000 $187 $137$86 $281 $205$129 $50,000 $271$220$169$406$330$254 $60,000 $354$303$253$531$455$379 $70,000 $437$387$336$656$580$504 $80,000 $521$470$419$781$705$629 $90,000 $604$553$503$906$830$754 $100,000 $687$637$586$1,031$955$879 22

Applying for IBR or PAYE  Contact current loan servicer to apply for IBR/PAYE  Complete online application at: StudentLoans.gov, as directed (every 12 months)  Application collects basic demographic information as well as information about household adjusted gross income (AGI) and household size 23 You must CONSOLIDATE any non-DIRECT federal student loans (e.g., FFEL, Perkins) before you can repay that debt using PAYE Apply at: StudentLoans.gov

Estimate Your Monthly Payment “Repayment Estimator” at: StudentLoans.gov To “SIGN IN” enter: SSN First two letters of your last name Birthdate Dept. of Ed PIN Duplicate PIN available at: PIN.ed.gov 24

Payment Comparisons Federal Student Loan Debt = $100,000 (Assumed average interest rate = 6.0%) Household AGI = $40,000 (Household Size = 1; State = LA) (Estimates calculated using “Repayment Estimator” at: StudentLoans.gov ) 25

Payment Comparisons Federal Student Loan Debt = $100,000 (Assumed average interest rate = 6.0%) Household AGI = $40,000 (Household Size = 1; State = LA) (Estimates calculated using “Repayment Estimator” at: StudentLoans.gov ) 26

Choosing Your Plan 27

When repaying Federal Direct Loans, faster may not be better You may want to consider:  Taking as long as possible to repay your Federal Direct Loans Why?  You may have better uses for your “extra” funds from an “opportunity cost” perspective 28

Opportunity Cost  It’s about trade-offs  You have scarce resources  Time  Money  Ask yourself:  “If I did not “spend” my time/ money on this now, what else could I use it for—and would that be better for me?” 29

Other Potential Uses You must decide how to allocate your monthly income among four “buckets” Past Present Future Philanthropy debts living expenses savings, investments charitable donations

The “Future” Bucket You also should be:  Saving for a “rainy day” – the emergency fund  Minimum of 6-9 months of your monthly living expenses  Investing for retirement  Minimum of 10% of your gross monthly income  Saving for their children’s education  Minimum needed uncertain--may need to start paying for children’s education much sooner than expected (e.g., elementary school)  Saving for the down payment for a home  Minimum of 10% of purchase price 31

What should you do? Consider:  Choosing the repayment plan that offers the LOWEST scheduled monthly payment Why?  This provides maximum cash flow flexibility so that you can:  Maximize amount you are prepaying in a targeted way at your most expensive debt (e.g., Grad PLUS Loans) AND/OR  Allocate “extra cash” for other expenses (e.g., FUTURE bucket) 32

Prepaying Loans 33

Loan Prepayment  You can make prepayments on your federal student loan(s) without penalty  Will reduce total interest paid on loan  Target prepayment at loan(s) with highest interest rate (contact servicer to determine how to target prepayments without advancing next payment due date)  Contact loan servicer for information on how prepayments are applied to principal/interest  Best to make prepayments online at loan servicer’s website 34

Evaluate if Federal Loan Consolidation is needed Step 4 35

 Consolidation ≠ COMBINING loans  Consolidation = REFINANCING loans Consolidation Can be confusing! 36

 Borrowing a new loan  Federal Direct Consolidation Loan  Only federal student loans are eligible  Interest rate is fixed  Equals weighted average of interest rates of loans being consolidated then rounded up to nearest 1/8 th percent  NEW! Now apply online at: StudentLoans.gov  Loans must be in grace, repayment, deferment or forbearance  Can opt to delay funding of new loan until end of grace period Consolidation A Refinancing Option 37

 Simplify repayment by reducing number of lenders/servicers  For example, you may have borrowed FFEL Loans as an undergraduate  Convert variable-rate Stafford Loans into fixed-rate Direct Consolidation Loan  Convert FFEL loan(s) into Direct loan debt for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and PAYE eligibility  Convert Perkins/HPSL/LDS loan(s) into Direct loan debt for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, IBR and PAYE eligibility  Lengthen repayment period to reduce monthly payment on federal student loan debt  Change loan servicer  Release endorser from Grad PLUS Loan Reasons to Consolidate 38

Final words … Taking Charge 39

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) Benefit for Public Service 40

PSLF Key Points  DIRECT Loans only  Work full-time as a paid employee for an eligible public service organization for 10 years (120 months)  Repay loans using PAYE or IBR  For more information, go to: StudentAid.ed.gov/publicservice 41

When making decisions about loan repayment … Be strategic!  Weigh the importance of reducing interest costs vs. ability to achieve your other financial goals more quickly  Beware of risks  Uncertainty of future income  Uncertainty of future expenses  Create your “Action Plan” 42

Direct Loan Payment tips …  You will receive a SINGLE, itemized monthly billing statement from the servicer listing all of your Federal Direct Loans in repayment so that you only need to submit one monthly payment for those loans  Payments can be made by:  Check or money order  Online payment  “Auto-Pay” program SAVE TIME AND MONEY – Sign up for “Auto-Pay” – The U.S. Department of Education currently offers to reduce the interest rate by 0.25% on the federal student loans it owns if the you sign up with your loan servicer to have your monthly loan payments automatically deducted from a checking or savings account 43

For more information …  Contact your loan servicer(s)  Refer to online resources, e.g.,  Federal student loan repayment: StudentAid.gov  Federal loan “Repayment Estimator”: StudentLoans.gov  Federal Direct Consolidation Loans: StudentLoans.gov  Public service: StudentAid.ed.gov/publicservice  National Student Loan Data System: NSLDS.ed.gov  Federal Student Aid PIN: PIN.ed.gov  Free annual credit report: AnnualCreditReport.com 44

BE STRATEGIC WHEN REPAYING YOUR LOANS! Jeffrey Hanson Education Services 45 Tulane University