Historical Student Loan Rates

Stafford Loans

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7/1/2007 - 6/30/2008 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009 Rate Cap
Disbursed on/after July 1, 2008 N/A
Subsidized Unsubsidized
Undergraduate Graduate  
6.00% 6.80% 6.80%
6.00%/6.80%
Disbursed on/after July 1, 2006 but before July 1, 2008 (fixed intereste rate) 6.80% 6.80% 6.80%
Disbursed on/after July 1, 1998 but before July 1, 2006 In-School, Grace, & Deferment
6.62%
Repayment
7.22%
In-School, Grace, & Deferment
3.61%
Repayment
4.21%
8.25%
Disbursed on/after July 1, 1995 but before July 1, 1998 In-School, Grace, & Deferment
7.42%
Repayment
8.02%
In-School, Grace, & Deferment
4.41%
Repayment
5.01%
8.25%
Disbursed on/after July 1, 1994 but before July 1, 1995, for period of enrollment that begins on/after July 1, 1994 8.02% 5.01% 8.25%
Disbursed on/after October 1, 1992 but before July 1, 1994 8.02% 5.01% 9.00%
Former fixed rate 9% loans converted to variable rate 8.02% 5.01% 9.00%
Former fixed rate 8% loans converted to variable rate 8.00% 5.01% 8.00%
Former fixed rate 7% loans converted to variable rate 7.00% 5.01% 7.00%
Former 8/10% loans not converted to repayment or in repayment for less than four years 8.00% 8.00% 8.00%
Former fixed rate 8/10% loans converted to variable rate 8.17% 5.16% 10.00%

Parent & Graduate PLUS Loans

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7/1/2007 - 6/30/2008 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009 Rate Cap
Disbursed on/after July 1, 2006 8.50% 8.50% 8.50%
Disbursed on/after July 1, 1998 but before July 1, 2006 8.02% 5.01% 9.00%
Disbursed on/after July 1, 1994 but before July 1, 1998 8.05% * 9.00%
Disbursed on/after October 1, 1992, but before July 1, 1994 8.05% * 10.00%
Disbursed before October 1, 1992 8.20% * 12.00%
*Rates are based on the average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield and will be available after June 26. This chart will be updated after that date to reflect these rates.

SLS Loans

7/1/2007 - 6/30/2008 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009 Rate Cap
Disbursed on/after October 1, 1992 for loan periods beginning before July 1, 19941 8.05% * 11.00%
Disbursed before October 1, 1992 8.20% * 12.00%
1No new Federal SLS loans certified for periods of enrollment on/after July 1, 1994.
*Rates are based on the average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield and will be available after June 26. This chart will be updated after that date to reflect these rates.

Consolidation Loans

7/1/2007 - 6/30/2008 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009 Rate Cap
For applications received on/after November 13, 1997 but before October 1, 19981 8.02% 5.01% 8.25%
For applications received on/after October 1, 1998 Weighted average of the interest rates on the loans consolidated, rounded up to the nearest 1/8th of one percent 8.25%
1Applications received before November 13, 1997 have a fixed interest rate based on the weighted average of the loan interest rates on the loans consolidated, rounded to the next higher whole percentage.

Alternative Student Loans

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Loan Rate LIBOR Rate as of 7/1/2008
3 month LIBOR + 2.75-5.25% based on credit score. 2.68%*
*3-month London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") as published in The Wall Street Journal on the first business day of the calendar month immediately preceding Change Date for Alternative Student Loans.