Current Federal Student Loan Interest Rates

You will find information regarding variable and fixed interest rates for Stafford and PLUS loans effective for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011.

Interest rates for fixed rate undergraduate subsidized FFELP and FDLP Stafford loans, July 1, 2010

Loan status
Disbursed 7/1/06 - 6/30/08
Disbursed 7/1/08 - 6/30/09
Disbursed 7/1/09 - 6/30/10
Disbursed 7/1/10 - 6/30/11
Disbursed 7/1/11 - 6/30/12
Disbursed on or after 7/1/12
Any Status
6.80%
6.00%
5.60%
4.50%
3.40%
6.80%

Interest rate for fixed rate undergraduate unsubsidized and graduate FFELP and FDLP Stafford loans, July 1, 2010

Loan Status
Disbursed on or after 7/1/06
Any Status
6.80%

Interest rates for variable rate FFELP and FDLP Stafford loans, July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

Loan status
Disbursed 7/1/98 - 6/30/06
Disbursed 7/1/95 - 6/30/98
Disbursed 7/1/94 - 6/30/95
Disbursed 10/1/92 - 6/30/94
Deferment/in-school/during 6-month grace
1.87%
2.67%
3.27%
3.27%
Repayment
2.47%
3.27%
3.27%
3.27%

Interest rate for fixed rate FFELP PLUS loans, July 1, 2010

Loan Status
Disbursed on or after 7/1/06
Any Status
8.50%

Interest rates for variable rate FFELP PLUS /SLS loans, July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

Loan Status
*Disbursed on or after 7/1/98 - 6/30/06
**Disbursed 7/1/94 – 6/30/98
**Disbursed 10/1/92 – 6/30/94
**Disbursed 7/1/87 – 9/30/92
Any status
3.27%
3.39%
3.39%
3.54%

Interest rate for fixed rate FDLP PLUS loans, July 1, 2010

Loan Status
Disbursed on or after 7/1/06
Any Status
7.90%

Interest rates for variable rate FDLP PLUS /SLS loans, July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011

Loan Status
*Disbursed on or after 7/1/98 - 6/30/06
**Disbursed before 7/1/98
Any status
3.27%
3.39%

* Variable Interest rates for Stafford loans disbursed on or after October 1, 1992, and PLUS loans disbursed on or after July 1, 1998, are based on the bond equivalent rate of the 91-day Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction preceding June 1st. The bond equivalent rate for 91-day Treasury bills auctioned on May 24, 2010, is 0.17%.

** Interest rates for PLUS/SLS loans disbursed between July 1, 1987 and June 30, 1998 are based on the weekly average of the one-year constant maturity Treasury (CMT) yield for the last calendar week ending on or before June 26, 2010. The weekly average of the one-year constant maturity Treasury yield for the last calendar week ending on or before June 26, 2010 is 0.29%.