Graduated Repayment Plan

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The Graduated Repayment Plan is a federal student loan repayment option where payments start low and increase at set intervals, typically every two years, to help borrowers whose income is expected to rise over time.

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Graduated Repayment Plan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal student loan repayment plan ⓘ
loan repayment option ⓘ
administeredThrough federal student loan servicers ⓘ
appliesTo federal Direct Loans ⓘ
federal FFEL Loans ⓘ
non-defaulted federal student loans only ⓘ
availableIn United States ⓘ
canBeChangedTo Extended Repayment Plan ⓘ
Standard Repayment Plan ⓘ
income-driven repayment plan ⓘ
comparedWith Extended Repayment Plan ⓘ
Income-Based Repayment ⓘ
Pay As You Earn ⓘ
Revised Pay As You Earn ⓘ
Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan ⓘ
Standard Repayment Plan ⓘ
defaultStatus not the default plan for most new borrowers ⓘ
documentationRequired no income documentation required to calculate payments ⓘ
eligibilityIncludes Direct Consolidation Loans ⓘ
Direct PLUS Loans for graduate or professional students ⓘ
linked to: Graduate PLUS Loan

Direct Subsidized Loans ⓘ
Direct Unsubsidized Loans ⓘ
FFEL Consolidation Loans ⓘ
FFEL PLUS Loans ⓘ
FFEL Subsidized Stafford Loans ⓘ
FFEL Unsubsidized Stafford Loans ⓘ
finalPaymentLevel higher than initial payments ⓘ
goal make early payments more affordable ⓘ
governedBy federal student aid regulations ⓘ
initialPaymentLevel lower than Standard Repayment Plan payments ⓘ
interestEffect may result in more interest paid over life of loan than Standard Repayment Plan ⓘ
isAvailableFor existing federal student loan borrowers ⓘ
new federal student loan borrowers ⓘ
isNot income-driven repayment plan ⓘ
languageUsedBy Federal Student Aid (studentaid.gov) ⓘ
linked to: Federal Student Aid
mayLeadTo higher monthly payments later in repayment term ⓘ
minimumPaymentConstraint at least interest accruing on the loan ⓘ
offeredBy U.S. Department of Education ⓘ
paymentBasedOn repayment schedule ⓘ
paymentCalculationBasis loan balance, interest rate, and repayment term ⓘ
paymentChangePattern scheduled increases at fixed intervals ⓘ
paymentIncreaseInterval typically every two years ⓘ
paymentNotBasedOn borrower’s current income ⓘ
paymentStructure payments start low and increase over time ⓘ
requires loans not in default ⓘ
requiresAction borrower must select or be placed on plan ⓘ
risk payment shock when payments increase ⓘ
targetBorrowers borrowers whose income is expected to rise over time ⓘ
termLength up to 10 years for most borrowers ⓘ
up to 30 years for some consolidation loans ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Direct Student Loan Program → hasRepaymentPlan → Graduated Repayment Plan ⓘ
Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan → repaymentPlanOptions → Graduated Repayment Plan ⓘ