No, your student loans will not be forgiven because your school closes.
Are student loans forgiven at age 60? Are student loans forgiven at age 60?
Actually, that's not true - student loans are forgiven when the student dies.
If the school closed and there were unused student loans, they would be cancelled. That would probably be an unusual circumstance since they probably would know in advance that they were closing.Any outstanding loans that were used would not be cancelled.
If in case of death or total and permanent disability of the student Stafford Loans are completely forgiven.
The only Federal Loan Forgiveness information that I am aware of is as follows: If you die your loans are forgiven If you become perm. disabled your loans are forgiven
Federal student loans are not automatically forgiven at age 65. However, for certain federal student loan programs and repayment plans, any remaining balance on the loan may be forgiven after a certain number of years of qualifying payments or through programs like Public Service Loan Forgiveness. It's important to check the specific terms of your loan and consult with your loan servicer or a financial advisor for more information.
Let me start by sending my condolences for the loss of your father. If the student loans were taken out by your father as PLUS loans, then the loans will be forgiven by the government. If you took out the student loans under your SS#, then you still have to pay on the loans, even if your father cosigned on them.
Generally, no. You're not a teacher, a childcare worker, or a military service-member. Actually, some student loans are forgiven if you work in certain jobs with certain populations. My Perkins loans were forgiven because I was employed as a program manager in a family homeless shelter. This was a federal forgiveness program. My husband worked as a public school teacher with disabled children and had an opportunity to have some of his student loans forgiven under a program run by the State of Florida. Loan forgiveness can be worth thousands of dollars so it is worth it to check with your lender to find out if there are any programs that suit your situation.
You mean the 17.5k for a special ed teacher in a Title I school who took their 1st loan after 10/1998? You don't qualify.
That is absolutely untrue.
"Student debt can be paid off in many ways. Once the student is out of school, they can pay off the entire debt at once or they can consolidate and start making payments. If they go into education, some of their loans will be forgiven if they work in ""at risk"" schools and school districts."
No, but SSI isn't exempt from garnishment for student loans. In some instances federally funded student loans can be forgiven if the borrower becomes mentally and/or physically impaired to the point where he or she will never have sufficient ability to work and if a doctor will sign off on the disability. Edit: SSI CAN be garnished for federal student loans. This was part of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. Edited wording for total and permanent disability qualifications.