The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loan.

To qualify, you must:

• Work for a qualifying employer, such as a U.S. federal, state, local, or tribal government or non-profit
• Work full-time
• Make 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working for a qualifying employer

Learn more about PSLF.

Use the PSLF Help Tool.

Get answers to FAQs about PSLF.

Check the status of your PSLF application.

The U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) made a one-time payment count adjustment for:

• Borrowers in income-driven repayment (IDR) plans
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program

This adjustment gives credit toward loan forgiveness.

You may get credit for:

• Any months in a repayment status
• Time spent in forbearance:
  • 12 or more months of consecutive forbearance, or
  • 36 or more months of cumulative forbearance
• Most deferments before 2013 and economic hardship deferments after 2013
• Months before loan consolidation

You will not get credit for time spent in:

• In-school deferment
• Grace period
• Default

If you have these loans, you must consolidate them by April 30, 2024 to take advantage of the adjustment:

• Commercially held Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL)
• Federal Perkins Loans
• Federal Health Education Assistance Loans (HEAL)

Learn more about the count adjustment.

The U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) runs the new Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan.

The SAVE Plan is an income-driven repayment (IDR) plan. If you have undergraduate or graduate loans, the SAVE Plan will allow you to lower your:

• Monthly payments
• Number of total payments before forgiveness

Learn more about the SAVE Plan.

The Supreme Court blocked the Biden-Harris Administration’s One-Time Student Loan Debt Relief Plan. This plan would have canceled up to $20,000 in student debt on federal student loans for low- and middle-income borrowers.

Your student loans are not eligible for student loan cancellation under this program. This is true even if you got confirmation or acceptance of submitted application.

Learn more about student loan forgiveness.