Who is eligible? | You must have a high debt in comparison to your income | Direct Loan borrowers
Parent Plus Loans can be consolidated into a Direct Consolidation Loan | Direct Loan borrowers | New borrowers on or after Oct. 1, 2007 and received disbursement of Direct loan on or after Oct. 1, 2011.
You must have high debt compared to your income. |
Payments | 10% or 15% of your discretionary income | Less than 20% of your discretionary income or what you would pay under a 12 year fixed payment plan | 10% of your discretionary income | 10% of your discretionary income |
Income and family size must be reevaluated annually regardless of change to determine recalculated payment | Income and family size must be reevaluated annually regardless of change to determine recalculated payment | Income and family size must be reevaluated annually regardless of change to determine recalculated payment | Income and family size must be reevaluated annually regardless of change to determine recalculated payment |
If you are married, filing jointly, your spouse’s income and loan debt will also be considered to determine your payment | If you are married, filing jointly, your spouse’s income and loan debt will also determine your payment or if you both chose to repay your loans together | If you are married, filing jointly or separately, your spouse’s income and loan debt will also be considered to determine your payment | Payments will never be more than under the 10 year Standard Repayment Plan |
Payments will never be more than under the 10 year Standard Repayment Plan | | | |
Term
(in years) | 20 if you were a new borrower on or after July 1, 2014
25 years if you were not a new borrower on or after July 1, 2014 | 25 | 20 for undergraduate
25 for graduate or professional studies | 20 |
Eligible Loans | Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans | Direct
Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans | Direct
Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans | Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans |
Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans | Direct PLUS Loans made to students
Direct Consolidation Loans
| Direct PLUS Loans made to students | Direct PLUS Loans made to students |
All PLUS loans made to students
Consolidation Loans (Direct or FFEL) that do not include PLUS loans (Direct or FFEL) made to parents | | Direct Consolidation Loans that do not include PLUS loans (Direct or FFEL) made to parents | Direct Consolidation Loans that do not include PLUS loans (Direct or FFEL) made to parents |
Qualifies for (PSLF)
| All qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) |
Taxes | Forgiven amount will be taxable |