Responsible Student Borrowing
Student loans can be a useful tool for financing your educational goals; however, as a student, you should borrow responsibly – the money you receive now to pay for school must be repaid to the Department. Here are some great tools to assist you in managing your finances including your loans and prepare you for a successful future.
USAFunds ® Life Skills - As a Strayer student, you now have access to USA Funds® Life Skills®, a free online learning program that offers you advice for managing your time and money wisely while in school and after graduation. The curriculum covers topics ranging from finding resources to pay for college to living on a budget to managing debt to maximizing your savings. USA Funds® Life Skills®, a free online learning program that offers advice for managing time and money wisely while in school and after graduation, can be downloaded at the USA Funds Life Skills Student Guide for account setup information. Then visit www.lifeskills.org to access the online financial literacy training. Life Skills is a program provided by USA Funds, which is not affiliated with Strayer University. Any information provided by you to USA Funds through your use of the site will be subject to the terms of the USA Funds Life Skills website.
Financial Aid (FA) TV – As a Strayer student you also have access to the University’s Financial Aid (FA) TV service. You can use this free service to find short video answers to your questions about paying for college; you can search by topic and/or playlist with the videos available to you 24 hours a day.
National Student Loan Data Systems (NSLDS ) - You can monitor your federal student loans by visiting the NSLDS website or by calling 1-800-4FED-AID.