Fairfield University Preferred Lenders borrower benefits

All students and their parents have the right and ability to select the education loan provider of their choice, are not required to use any of the lenders on the preferred lender list, and will suffer no penalty from the University for choosing a lender that is not on said preferred lender list.

The following is a list of established lenders who we have placed on our Preferred Lender list because they offer excellent customer service and they are familiar with Fairfield University's loan processing procedures. Although the interest rate for Stafford loans is set by the Department of Education, some lenders offer special incentives that lower your interest rate or reduce your loan balance.

The Office of Financial Aid will certify any lender's master promissory note on behalf of any student's request. To ensure timely processing of a non-preferred lender loan application, please notify the Office of Financial Aid of your request by e-mailing us directly at: finaid@mail.fairfield.edu. You may also start the process by selecting the last option below "other lender" please be prepared to enter in lender name and their lender code.

For the lenders listed below, there will be a 1% origination fee and 1% default fee deducted from your loan amount.

Read our preferred lenders disclosure statement by clicking here.

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