Loan Debt

How to View Your Loan History

View your loan history through the National Student Loan Data System, the U.S. Department of Education's central database for student aid information.

How to Consolidate Loans

About how an approved agency pays off your existing loans and creates a single new loan.

Estimate Your Student Loan Payments

Estimate your student loan payment after you graduate, based on the amount of loan debt you have accumulated.

The purpose of loan forgiveness programs is to encourage students to pursue employment in certain occupations. Under some circumstances, the federal or state government may cancel or "forgive" all or part of an educational loan.