How To Get Student Loan With Bad Credit

College loans enable students who have not saved up sufficient funds for an education to nonetheless enroll in a college of their choice and receive a degree or diploma. Such loans are usually tied to a number of conditions.






Students must be citizens or eligible non-citizens with a Social Security number.

Prospective students must pursue a diploma or degree program, and the loan proceeds need to pay for tuition, books, ancillary fees, and in some cases may also be used for housing.


It is a common misconception that government loans are not issued to students with bad credit.

This is not true. The Federal Student Aid program offers subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans to students with bad credit, as long as they have not defaulted on a federal loan before. This is the one mark on the credit rating that will preclude a student with bad from obtaining a government backed loan.

Parents hoping to apply for a PLUS loan to help fund the education of an undergraduate student do indeed need to pass a credit check. These parent loans are based solely on the parents' fiscal stability, current funds that are available in savings, and also their credit histories.


Parents failing to pass the credit check for a PLUS loan may still qualify if they can get a cosigner for the loan.

Additionally, if the parents can prove that circumstances beyond their control resulted in their adverse credit rating, the PLUS loan originator will take this into account and may grant a loan in spite of a bad credit score.

Students pursing a degree in dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, veterinary medicine, osteopathy and also allopathic medicine may qualify for a non-credit based loan from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services under their "Disadvantaged Students" program. Before applying for this loan, prospective students need to find a school that participates in the disadvantaged student loan program. Moreover, they need to be able to prove that they are coming from a disadvantaged background.

As education costs rise and Stafford as well as PLUS loans are pretty much set in the amounts they are willing to lend, borrowers with bad credit look to alternative loan programs that may discount their credit history or offer the option of bringing a well qualified cosigner on board, usually a parent.


The College Scholarships website offers a listing of the various states and the state specific government funded loans they offer.


For example, California's All Student Loan program offers the Campus Door plan that is not need based and lends the funds required between federal financial aid and the expected family contribution. Although lenders want to see a student with good credit, they will also extend this loan to anyone with a cosigner who has good credit.

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