Loans are a type of financial aid that enables students and parents to borrow money to pay for their education expenses.
A loan is money you borrow and must pay back with interest. If you decide to borrow loans, make sure you know the terms and conditions of the loan. It is important to understand that a loan is a legal obligation that you will be responsible for repaying with interest so you are encouraged to be a responsible borrower.
A loan payment calculator is available for your use to estimate how much your monthly payment may be before you decide to borrow loans.
When a student accepts a loan, they must also complete Entrance Counseling and Master Promissory Note prior to the loan paying toward the student's Lamar University balance. These two items can be taken care of on the Federal Student Aid webpage.
The U.S. Department of Education releases official cohort default rates once per year. A cohort default rate is the percentage of a school's borrowers who enter repayment on certain Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans during a particular federal fiscal year (FY), October 1st to September 30th, and default or meet other specified conditions prior to the end of the second following fiscal year. The FY 2018 national cohort default rate is 7.3%. Please refer to the chart below for Lamar University’s most recent cohort default rates
|
OPE ID |
School |
Type |
Control |
PRGMS |
|
FY2018 |
FY2019 | FY2020 |
|
003581 |
LAMAR UNIVERSITY |
Master's Degree or Doctor's Degree |
Public |
Both (FFEL/FDL) |
Default Rate |
4.3 |
0.5 | 0 |
|
No. in Default |
194 |
25 | 0 | |||||
|
No. in Repay |
4,419 |
4,181 | 4,138 | |||||
|
Enrollment figures |
20,864 |
19,727 | 21,621 | |||||
|
Percentage Calculation |
21.1% |
21.19% | 19.14% |
Source: Federal Student Aid, http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/defaultmanagement/cdr.html
ENROLLMENT: To provide context for the Cohort Default Rate (CDR) data we include enrollment data (students enrolled at any time during the year) and a corresponding percentage (borrowers entering repayment divided by that enrollment figure). While there is no direct relationship between the timing of when a borrower entered repayment (October 1 through September 30) and any particular enrollment year, for the purpose of these data, we have chosen to use the academic year ending on the June 30 prior to the beginning of the cohort year (e.g., FY 2018 CDR Year will use 2016-2017 enrollment).
The Federal Student Aid Ombudsman Group is a resource available to help with unresolved disputes related to federal student loans. Before contacting the Ombudsman Group, you should try to resolve problems with your student loan yourself. Contact information for FSA Student Loan Ombudsman is listed below:
Online assistance: http://studentaid.gov/repay-loans/disputes/prepare
Telephone: 877-557-2575
Fax: 606-396-4821
FSA Ombudsman Group
P.O. Box 1843
Monticello, KY 42633