Federal Direct Loan Interest Rates
Interest rates for federal direct loans disbursed between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024:
- undergraduate subsidized direct loans fixed at 5.50 percent
- undergraduate unsubsidized direct loans fixed at 5.50 percent
- graduate students are not eligible for subsidized loans per federal regulations
- graduate unsubsidized direct loans fixed at 7.05 percent
- graduate PLUS direct loans 8.05 percent
- parent PLUS direct loans 8.05 percent.
The change from a variable- to a fixed-interest rate does not affect a borrower's variable-interest rate on loans made before July 1, 2006.
A 1.057 percent origination fee for all Stafford loans and a 4.228 percent origination fee for all PLUS loans is paid to the U.S. Department of Education for loans first disbursed between Oct. 1, 2020 and Sept. 30, 2024.