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Student Loans

Make Higher Education a Reality

Education is a worthwhile adventure

Direct your focus towards the trail that matters most.

Trailhead's partnership with Sallie Mae® student loans can help!

For those attending or borrowing for a student attending a degree-granting institution.

Whether you’re an undergraduate student, graduate student, or parent helping a student pay for school, these flexible loans are designed to meet your needs:

  • Competitive variable and fixed interest rates
  • No origination fee or prepayment penalty1
  • Multiple repayment options

 

Learn which loan is right for you

UNDERGRADUATE

Smart Option Student Loan® for Undergraduate Students: Pay for your bachelor’s, associate’s, or certificate expenses at a degree-granting school.

GRADUATE

Graduate School Loan: Pay for expenses as you pursue your master’s and doctoral degrees.

MBA Loan: Pay for your business school expenses as you pursue your Masters of Business Administration degree.

Medical School Loan: Pay for your medical degree expenses in allopathic, general, osteopathic, podiatric, radiology, sports, and veterinary medicine.

Dental School Loan: Pay for your dental degree expenses in general dentistry, endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, and prosthodontics.

Graduate School Loan for Health Professions: Pay for your health professions degree expenses in allied health, nursing, pharmacy, and other graduate-level health programs.

Law School Loan: Pay for your school and associated expenses as you study for your law degree.

PARENTS

Parent Loan: Help your student by taking responsibility with a loan in your name.

Disclosures

Borrow responsibly.

We encourage students and families to start with savings, grants, scholarships, and federal student loans to pay for college. Students and families should evaluate all anticipated monthly loan payments, and how much the student expects to earn in the future, before considering a private student loan.

These loans are made by Sallie Mae Bank or a lender partner. Trailhead Credit Union is not the creditor for these loans and is compensated by Sallie Mae for the referral of loan customers.

Smart Option Student Loan and graduate loan products:  This information is for students attending participating degree-granting schools. Smart Option Student Loan information is for undergraduates only. Graduate Certificate/Continuing Education coursework is not eligible for MBA, Medical, Dental, and Law School Loans. Borrowers must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents if the school is located outside of the United States. Non-U.S. citizen borrowers who reside in the U.S. are eligible with a creditworthy cosigner (who must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident) and are required to provide an unexpired government-issued photo ID to verify identity. Applications are subject to a requested minimum loan amount of $1,000. Current credit and other eligibility criteria apply.

Parent Loan: This information is for borrowers with students attending participating degree-granting schools. The student is not eligible to be a borrower or cosigner. The borrower, cosigner and student must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents. The school may refund loan funds directly to the student, and if that occurs, borrower, and cosigner (if applicable) would still be responsible for repaying that amount. Applications are subject to a requested minimum loan amount of $1,000. Current credit and other eligibility criteria apply.

1 Although we do not charge you a penalty or fee if you prepay your loan, any prepayment will be applied as provided in your promissory note: First to Unpaid Fees and costs, then to Unpaid Interest, and then to Current Principal.

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