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The New Income Based Repayment Program for Student Loans is Here!

Thursday July 2, 2009
The long awaited Income Based Repayment Program for student loans has officially begun accepting applications as of July 1st, 2009. Even if you're already making repayments under another Federal program, you're still eligible.

Best of all, under the Income Based Repayment Program (IBR), your remaining loan balance is forgiven after either 10 or 25 years, depending on your career choice.

Here are a bunch of links to get you up to speed on the Federal Income Based Repayment Program:

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