About Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae helps students pay for school, save, and do way more
We’re growing, but our Sallie Mae products are here to stay. Sallie Mae student loans and savings accounts will be part of our larger company, Sallie. As Sallie, we also offer new resources to help students through the entire higher education journey.
Sallie Mae will continue to be the product name for our financial offerings. Students can still count on Sallie Mae undergraduate student loans, graduate loans, and career training loans loan to help pay for school. And families can keep hitting their big and small savings goals with Sallie Mae high-yield savings accounts, money market accounts, or certificates of deposit.
How Sallie Mae fits under Sallie
Sallie Mae products are now part of our larger company name, Sallie. As Sallie, we’ve stepped up our game to have students’ backs for every step of their journey.
We’ve got new Sallie products, resources, and ways to help students take on their future. Tools like ScoutSM College Search to help you find your school, Scholly® Scholarships and our $2,000 No Essay Scholarship so you can go after free money, and way more.
Everything we do comes together under one mission to better support students and families. Because helping them succeed—that’s our thing.
This is what we’re all about
FAQs
Sallie is our new name and identity, showing how we’re growing to better support students and families. Higher education is a big journey, and we’re here for every step. Sallie Mae loans and savings products are still part of what we offer—they just live under the bigger Sallie brand now. And we’re going beyond financing by creating more tools, resources, and guidance to help you plan, pay, and thrive after graduation.
Sallie offers a growing set of resources to help students and families through every step of the higher education journey. That includes Sallie Mae private student loans and savings products, plus free tools to search for scholarships, compare colleges, and make sense of financial aid. We also share tips and real student stories on big milestones—like making the most of school, managing money, landing internships, planning your career, and more. Wherever you are on your path, Sallie’s here to help!
Students and families face new challenges and changing needs—and we’re growing to meet them. Our shift to Sallie reflects an expanded role as your go-to for higher education: supporting students beyond financing with resources and guidance for every step of the journey.
No changes to your loan, savings account, or how you manage them. Sallie Mae loans and savings accounts are still here. What’s new is that you now have access to more support through Sallie—free resources, tools, and guidance to help you succeed in school and beyond.
Yes, we can! You might already know us from free tools like Scholly Scholarships, Scout College Search, or our FAFSA® Guide—so you’re already using part of what Sallie offers. But we also help students pay for college with Sallie Mae private student loans. So if you’ve come to us to find scholarships or explore colleges, we can help with the next step too: figuring out how to responsibly pay for higher education.
Higher education is what we do—and what we’ve always done. Sallie is built on decades of experience, insights, and research from working directly with thousands of students and families. Our roots are in helping students reach their goals, and that shapes everything we do today. As your go-to for higher education, we’re putting that knowledge to work across the entire journey. We're all-in—combining trusted financial products with planning tools, tips, and full-journey support. Every solution we offer is backed by years of experience and designed to help students succeed.
We work to make great things happen
Scholarships are key when it comes to paying for college, because it’s money students won’t have to pay back. We offer our own scholarships and have helped hundreds of thousands of students find billions of dollars in scholarships to help make college happen.
We're committed to mission-aligned initiatives supporting our customers, communities, employees, and the environment.
As a thought leader on saving, planning, and paying for college, we create highly anticipated research reports about how families approach paying for college and personal finance.
Our leadership team is committed to making education and prosperous futures happen. Their passion motivates and empowers us to help customers achieve their dreams.
Investing in our people
We look to hire, retain, and develop the best talent and foster an environment where our people are given the opportunity to do their best work, succeed, and be recognized for their contributions in supporting our mission.
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