1. What is a Perkins loan? 2. How much can I borrow from the Perkins program? 3. How much do Perkins loans cost? 4. Who makes Perkins loans? 5. How do I get a Perkins loan? The federal government caps ...

Across the country, colleges are reporting significant declines in the amount of federal Perkins Loan money that they have available to lend to students. The drop, which is due to cuts in federal ...

Perkins Loans were low-interest subsidized federal loans issued under a program that ended in 2017 Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Christy Bieber is a contributor to Buy Side and an expert ...

Leonardo da Vinci once noted that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. When it comes to student loans, the Renaissance artist’s wisdom is lost on Congress. At the end of September, the federal ...

The Student Loan Ranger writes a lot about federal student loan programs, but tends to focus on the big ones, such as Stafford and PLUS loans. This week, we will shine the spotlight on a lesser known, ...

The following four states currently have programs in place that may pay your student loans if you decide to move there and ...

Speaking at the National Association for Student Financial Aid Administrators conference Monday, Education Department officials tried to persuade colleges that President Obama’s proposed new Perkins ...

The Federal Perkins Loan program provides for deferment of payments under certain circumstances. During deferment, the borrower is not required to pay loan principal and interest does not accrue.

Effective July, 2018, all Federal Perkins Loans previously serviced by Conduent will be transferred to and serviced by Heartland ECSI, a leading provider of student loan servicing and higher education ...

When it comes time to repay student loans, every borrower should have a strategy. — Perkins loans have their own forgiveness program. Perkins loans are federal student loans for students with ...

Changes made to the Federal Perkins Loan Program with the passing of an act through Congress last year on Dec. 17, will raise borrowing costs for students in the Class of 2020. “The Unsubsidized Loan ...