• Amount necessary: One of the key considerations is knowing how much you will truly need to borrow. The cost of tuition and books is an obvious consideration, but will you need to borrow for expenses like rent, school activities, equipment, or transportation?

Navient is one of several companies that services and tracks the payments of student loans. Having Navient as the institution that services your student loans comes with several key benefits. Some examples of these benefits include the following:

• Provides on the web entry to your account: Online bill pay has become an accepted way of paying bills, and Navient has fully embraced this by providing its customers with online access to their accounts whenever they want. Once you have Navient as your service provider, you can access your account and pay online at any time.
• Electronic autopay: Navient makes paying your monthly bill easy by offering recurring monthly debits from an account. In addition to ease of payment, Navient offers its customers a 0.025% reduction in their interest rate when they enroll in autopay.
• Payment per month and extra percentage option: Navient tracks and collects your student loan payments monthly. If you decide you want to pay down your loan balance quicker, Navient will allow you to make additional payments to reduce your debt faster. (more…)