Sallie Mae® Smart Option Student Loan® Details

Attending Degree-Granting Institutions

Regions Bank is not the creditor for these loans and is compensated for the referral of Smart Option Student Loan customers.

1. Interest rates for Fixed and Deferred Repayment Options are higher than interest rates for the Interest Repayment Option. You're charged interest starting at disbursement, while in school and during your six-month separation or grace period. When you enter principal and interest repayment, Unpaid Interest will be added to your loan's Current Principal. Variable rates may increase over the life of the loan.  Advertised APRs assume a $10,000 loan to a freshman or first-year graduate, as applicable, with no other Sallie Mae loans.  Graduate student pricing for this loan is limited to students enrolling in a Masters/Doctorate level degree program. Graduate Certificate/Continuing Education course work is not eligible.
2. Only the borrower may apply for cosigner release. Borrowers who meet the age of majority in their state may apply for cosigner release by providing proof of graduation (or completion of certification program), income, and U.S. citizenship or permanent residency (if your status has changed since you applied). In the last 12 months, the borrower must be current on all Sallie Mae serviced loans (including no hardship forbearances or modified repayment programs) and have paid ahead or made 12 on-time principal and interest payments on each loan requested for release. When the cosigner release application is processed, the borrower must demonstrate the ability to assume full responsibility of the loan(s) individually, and pass a credit review that demonstrates a satisfactory credit history including but not limited to no: open bankruptcy, open foreclosure, student loan(s) in default or 90 day delinquencies in the last 24 months. Requirements are subject to change.
3. Sallie Mae reserves the right to approve a lower loan amount than the school-certified amount.
4. This repayment example is based on a typical loan to a borrower who chooses a variable rate and the Fixed Repayment Option for a $10,000 loan, with two disbursements, and a 8.11% variable APR. It works out to 51 payments of $25.00, 119 payments of $151.63 and one payment of $117.89, for a Total Loan Cost of $19,436.86. Variable rates may increase over the life of the loan.
This repayment example is based on a typical loan to a first-year graduate borrower who chooses a variable rate and the Fixed Repayment Option for a $10,000 loan, with two disbursements, and a 7.12% variable APR. It works out to 27 payments of $25.00, 59 payments of $216.41 and one payment of $200.56, for a Total Loan Cost of $13,643.75. Variable rates may increase over the life of the loan.
5. Borrower or cosigner must enroll in auto debit through Sallie Mae. The rate reduction benefit applies only during active repayment for as long as the Current Amount Due or Designated Amount is successfully withdrawn from the authorized bank account each month, and may therefore be suspended during a forbearance or deferment period.

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Information advertised valid as of 5/25/2022.

Smart Option Student Loans are made by Sallie Mae Bank or a lender partner (not Regions Bank). Regions Bank is a member FDIC.