Lender Review Articles

Learn more about private student loan lender, Ascent, including their product offerings and how they give back to the community.

Bank of America no longer offers student loans. Learn what you can do with your existing Bank of America student loans, and find other lenders to help you pay for school or refinance your loans.

Citizens Bank offers in school private student loans as well as student loan refinancing. Learn more about their products and benefits.

Learn more about College Ave and their undergraduate, graduate, and parent student loan options.

College Ave^® Student Loans is a private lender that specializes in helping students cover their tuition and educational expenses with private student loans. 

Learn more about private student loan lender CommonBond, their loan products, customer service, and how they give back.

Credible is an online marketplace offering access to multiple student loan lenders. Learn how Credible works and the pros and cons of their service.

Earnest provides a wide variety of loans including undergraduate, graduate, medical and law school. Learn more about Earnest, their products, and their flexible repayment terms.

Edly offers Income Based Repayment (IBR) loans, an alternative to traditional private student loans.

ELFI offers private student loans as well as student loan refinancing for both parents and students. Learn more about their products, customer service, and how ELFI gives back.

Funding U offers undergraduate no-cosigner student loans for students attending not-for-profit, accredited, eligible four-year colleges within select states of the United States.

Iowa Student Loan corporation offers a variety of student loan products. Learn more about their offerings, customer service, and how they give back to the community.

Laurel Road offers in-school and refinance student loans. Laurel Road offers multiple student loan products to choose from and an online application process.

Nelnet Bank offers a variety of student loan products including in school and refinancing options.

Learn more about refinancing student loans through PenFed Credit Union, including how to refinance, customer service, how PedFed gives back to the community and more.

Learn more about PNC student loan products, including in school and refinancing loans.

Sallie Mae is the leading bank in education finance. Learn more about their wide variety of student loan offerings and how to apply online in just minutes.

SoFi offers a variety of student loan products with an all online application and no fees. Find out more about SoFi student loans and how SoFi gives back.

With Splash Financial student loan refinancing, you can get prequalified and find your rate without affecting your credit score.

Stride offers Income Share Agreements (ISAs) to students as a different option to help pay for school when federal funds aren’t enough.

Thrivent Credit Union offers in-school and refinance student loans. Learn more about their offerings including pros and cons of their loans and how Thrivent gives back.

For the 2020-2021 academic school year, Well Fargo is only extending student loans to existing borrowers. Learn more about their student loan program.