Starting on July 1, 2026, the interest rate reduction for borrowers enrolled in auto pay will go from 0.25% to 1%. This reduction is available to borrowers with Direct Loans disbursed on or after July 1st, 2012. Visit StudentAid.gov to learn more and enroll by 11:59 p.m. ET on Sept. 30, 2026, to receive the temporary benefit through June 30, 2028.
On March 10, 2026, a court order ended the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. The U.S. Department of Education will contact impacted borrowers, who can explore and apply for other repayment plans. For more information, visit StudentAid.gov/courtactions.
On Oct. 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education published final Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program regulations that will be effective on July 1, 2026. We'll provide updates when the regulations are implemented. For now, there are no impacts to borrowers, payment counts, or discharges.
Visit StudentAid.gov/publicservice for more information about PSLF and current program requirements.
For more information about employer eligibility, visit StudentAid.gov/pslf/employer-search.
To apply for PSLF, use the PSLF Help Tool at StudentAid.gov/pslf.
The newest repayment plans—the Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) and Tiered Standard Plan—are available effective July 1, 2026. Visit StudentAid.gov/bigupdates to learn more about these new repayment plans and other changes to the federal student aid programs.
Recently received an email from Federal Student Aid about the new RAP and Tiered Standard repayment plans and want to apply? Visit Studentaid.gov/repayment-calculator.
If you've recently submitted an IDR application on Studentaid.gov, you will be notified once your application is processed.
Borrowers who enrolled in or applied for the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan and have loans in forbearance must select a new repayment plan after receiving a notice from MOHELA. No need to call! For a quick and easy path to change plans or explore your options, log in to your Studentaid.gov account, and use the Repayment Calculator. For more information, visit our FAQ page.
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Periodically, MOHELA will issue a Request for Proposals (RFPs) when purchasing products and services to be used in the daily operations of the Authority. To access all current RFPs, click on the Open RFPs button below. All proposal requirements and contact information will be presented in the text of the RFP.
It is the policy of the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA) that in acquiring goods and services we provide opportunities to a widely diverse group of business enterprises. It is the policy of the Federal government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisition to small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns.
MOHELA is committed to assist small business concerns in gaining access to business opportunities at MOHELA.
If your company or organization would like to be considered as a vendor and notified of future RFPs that relate to your products or services, click on the Vendor Request button below.
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Federal Student Aid (FSA) is your federal loan provider. FSA uses servicers (private companies) like MOHELA to manage billing, questions, and payments, and to help you enroll in the best repayment plan for you.
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Information about your student loans is reported to the four nationwide consumer reporting agencies. Based on the information provided, each individual consumer reporting agency uses their own unique scoring model to determine your FICO credit score.
These credit reporting practices apply to all student loans that are owned by the Department of Education.
We will begin to report a loan delinquent once it is 90 days or more past due on the last date of the month.
We report to the consumer reporting agencies (CRA's) monthly, with the status as of the last day of every month. Monthly reporting excludes loans that were previously reported in a final credit reporting status (for example, paid in full, transferred, etc.) and loans where credit reporting is bypassed or deleted. Please note the CRA's need time to update reporting once we have reported information to them.
We will report each individual loan to the consumer reporting agencies as one unique tradeline that will appear on your credit report.
We are not authorized to complete "goodwill requests" for credit updates, per the directive of Federal Student Aid.
For more information, visit mohela.studentaid.gov/credit.
Due to changes in PSLF regulations, you can now buy back certain months of your payment history to make them qualifying payments for PSLF. Specifically, you can buy back months that do not count as qualifying payments because you were in an ineligible deferment or forbearance status.
The buyback opportunity is only available if you already have 120 months of qualifying employment and buying back months in forbearance or deferment would result in forgiveness under PSLF or Temporary Expanded PSLF (TEPSLF). Please note: The PSLF program is managed by the U.S. Department of Education, not MOHELA. To learn more about next steps, and general information on the program, visit Studentaid.gov/PSLFbuyback.