Glossary of Terms

Click on a letter below to locate a Student Financial term which starts with that letter.

 

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• 1098-T

 

A

• Accrual Date
• Accrued Interest
• Award Letter

 

B

• Borrower
• Buckley Waiver
• Bursar

 

C

• Capitalization of Interest
• Consolidation Loan
• Co-Signer
• Cost of Attendance

 

D

• Default
• Deferment for Loans
• Definition of Need
• Delinquency
• Dependent Student
• Direct Loan Servicing Center
• Direct PLUS Loans
• Disbursement
• Disclosure Statement

 

E

• E-bill
• Emergency Loan
• Endorser
• Entrance/Exit Interview
• Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
• Expired (Rebilled) Deferment

 

F

• FAFSA
• Family Rights and Privacy Act
• Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL Program)
• Federal Perkins Loan
• Federal Work-Study Program
• Fees & Charges
• FERPA
• Financial Aid Package
• Financial Need
• Fixed Payment
• Fixed Payment Amount Change
• Forbearance

 

G

• Grace Period
• Grant
• Guarantor
• Guarantee Fee
• Guest / Guest User

 

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

 

P

• Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS)
• Payment Plan
• Payoff Amount
• Perkins Loan
• Prepayment
• Prepayment Plan
• Promissory Note

 

Q

R

 

S

• Scholarship
• Separation Date
• Servicer
• Settlement (of student account)
• Short-Term Loans
• Subsidized Loan
• Student Account
• Student Aid Report (SAR)

 

T

• Timetable of Classes

 

U

• Unsubsidized Loan

 

V

 

W

• Work Study

 

X

Y

Z