Payments
No payments are required until six months after you leave school (36 months for allopathic and osteopathic medical students). You can also choose to make early payments at any time during school, which can help to reduce the amount of interest you pay over the life of your loan. There is no penalty for early repayment.
Fees
There is no application or origination fee, and no penalty for paying off your loan early.
Competitive annual percentage rate (APR)
- Variable interest rates range from 5.29% APR (with discount) to 9.75% APR (without discount).
- Fixed interest rates range from 6.66% APR (with discount) to 10.18% APR (without discount).
See examples of today's rates
Two great ways to lower your interest rate
- Customer Discount: 0.25% interest rate reduction for a prior Wells Fargo student loan or a qualified Wells Fargo consumer checking account.
- Automatic Payment Discount: 0.25% interest rate reduction for enrolling in automatic payments.
Discounts reduce the amount of interest you pay over the life of the loan. The automatic payment discount may not change your monthly payment amount depending on the type of loan you receive, but may reduce the number of payments or reduce the amount of your final payment.
Learn more about how to take advantage of these student loan discounts.
Borrow only what you need
We help you borrow only what you need by working with your school to:
- Verify the amount you need and your enrollment.
- Accept funds on your behalf.
- Distribute any remaining funds to you, after the school receives your funds.
You can borrow up to the cost of education (tuition, rent, books, etc.) minus other financial aid.
There is no annual loan limit. The lifetime limit for this loan combined with all other education-related debt is:
- $250,000 for allopathic (M.D.) or osteopathic (D.O.) medicine and dentistry
- $180,000 for graduate nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, podiatry, and veterinary medicine
- $120,000 for all other eligible disciplines
Calculators
Estimate how much you may need to borrow for college:
Student Loan Calculator
Determine how much student loan debt you can manage based on your potential earning power:
Student Loan Debt Repayment Calculator
Should I choose a variable or fixed interest rate?
Variable interest rates are based on market conditions, so if market rates go up, so do your interest rate and monthly payments. Fixed interest rates stay the same over the life of the loan. Learn more about student loan interest rates.
How do interest rates impact monthly payments?
In the examples below, you can see a $10,000 loan, assuming:
- You are in school for 48 months (four years).
- First required payment will be due six months after you graduate or leave school (Select disciplines allow for 36 months).
- You pay back the interest and amount borrowed in 15 years (Select disciplines allow for 20 years).
Monthly payment could be:
- $96.88 if variable APR is 4.81%
- $118.20 if fixed APR is 6.63%
- $155.83 if fixed APR is 9.25%
The monthly payment amount will be at least $50 during your repayment period. The monthly payment amount may be more depending on your loan amount and other factors.
How do I know what my interest rate will be?
Your interest rate will be determined by several factors when you apply, most importantly your credit history.
Your interest rate options will be presented during the application process, at which point you can choose between a specific variable interest rate and specific fixed interest rate.
You must meet the following requirements:
- You must be enrolled as a graduate student in an approved medical school in one of the following programs: allopathic, cardiac perfusion, dentistry, medical technology, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathic, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant, podiatry, veterinary medicine program.
- You must be making satisfactory academic progress in an eligible program.
- You must have an established, positive credit history.
- You must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, or be a permanent resident alien or an international student who is a temporary resident alien. Temporary resident aliens must have a current U.S. address. Permanent and temporary resident aliens must show proper evidence of eligibility. For temporary resident aliens, a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, or a permanent resident alien cosigner is required.
