Looking For a Student Consolidation Loan

Any college graduate not only receives a diploma, but lots and lots of college loans to start repaying. In order to survive college, you probably needed to get many loans from a variety of lenders. For many student loans, you must start repaying them a mere six months after graduation, whether you've found a job or not. If you got a variety of loans, then perhaps you should consider next getting a student loan consolidation loan. Don't worry about the paperwork. If you managed four or more years of dealing with class registration and final exam questions like "Why?", then you are well qualified to deal with banks and other lenders.

What Is It?

Student loan consolidation loans, although sounding a bit strange, are actually quite common. They work on the same principles as debt relief consolidation loans. Basically, the lender contacts all of your creditors (businesses you owe money to), pays it all off; and then you pay the new guy one payment loan at lower interest rates than all of your original loans.

Now, if you owe less than $10,000 in all of your student loans combined, you may have a hard time finding a student loan consolidation lender. They are a business and are primarily interested in making profit. Less than $10,000 in debt might not be enticing enough for them.

Where Do I Go?

If you have enough debt to make it worth a student loan consolidation lender's time, they'd love to hear from you. There are many reputable in store and online lenders. Don't use any who send you spam. Chances are they are scams. To start your search for a student loan consolidation lender, you can ask your creditors. Refinancing and consolidation loans happen everyday in the wacky world of finance, so they may have solid references of lenders they prefer to do business with.

When you are checking out your prospective lender, make sure it's federally insured. They usually will even proudly display this number in their promotional literature. You might even want to check out federal student loan consolidation terms - yup, you'd be paying back the government. The Federal Consolidation Student Loan has a user friendly website where you can print out your application form and get an estimate on how much you'll save. If you'd rather call, their free number is 1-877-328-1565.