Students
What’s your experience?
Tell us your story, good or bad, about your experience with financial products tailored to students and young consumers. Your story will help inform how we work to protect consumers and create a fair marketplace.
Student loans
Know Before You Owe
In partnership with the Department of Education, we’ve developed a financial aid shopping sheet to improve the way schools communicate financial aid offers.
Report on Private Student Loans
Congress asked the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Secretary of Education to submit a report on private student loans.
Student debt repayment assistant
We can help point you in the right direction to find the best repayment plan.
Student loan debt collection assistant
Avoid thousands of dollars in penalties and fees with an alternative payment plan.
Student cards and checking
Consumer Advisory: Financial aid disbursement cards
We issued a consumer advisory to all students expecting to receive scholarship and student loan proceeds onto – what appears to be – a school-endorsed debit card. We also asked consumers to tell us about their experiences getting their financial aid funds.
Student Banking 101
Choosing your first bank account is an important decision. Unlike that first school ID photo, your first banking relationship could last long after you graduate. Making a smart decision now will mean fewer surprise fees that can add up later.
Accountability in military education
President Obama signed an Executive Order directing the Departments of Education, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the CFPB, to take steps to ensure that servicemembers, veterans and their families can get the information they need about the schools where they spend their education benefits.
Speeches and testimony