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FINANCIAL AID
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DEBT MANAGEMENT TOOLS

Alumni debt management tools

Exit Counseling 2008 Slides

Loan servicer sites and telephone

Ford Federal Direct Loan
This site provides information about the Ford Federal Direct Loan, including repayment plans, consolidation or refinancing options, frequently asked questions, etc. It will also let you access borrower account information to check your current balance and repayment status. You can even download deferment and forbearance forms after your grace periods are up. The telephone number is 1(800) 848-0979.

MU student loan collections
This office collects Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Primary Care Loans, Loans for Disadvantaged Students and University long-term loans after you graduate or are no longer enrolled. The telephone number is (573) 882-6654.

Some MU School of Medicine graduates may have had FFEL Stafford Loans, government-guaranteed bank loans, from their undergraduate education at other schools. Usually, the banks sell these loans to secondary-market servicers after a student graduates or ceases enrollment. The Web sites of some of these secondary-market servicers are:

Don't know who's servicing your federal loans. Try the National Student Loan Data System web site. This federal web site lists what you owe and who is servicing the loan. You will need a pin number. It's the same one the federal government issued you to fill out the FAFSA on the web. If you do not have it, you can request it at the site.

Other phone numbers sometimes needed by our graduates:

  • Missouri State Medical Foundation Loan program
    (573) 636-5151
  • Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis Loan program
    (314) 725-7990

Write
Cheri Marks
Coordinator, Financial Aid
School of Medicine
MA213 Medical Sciences Building
Columbia, MO 65212
 
Call
(573) 882-2921
 
E-mail
marksc@health.missouri.edu
 
Fax
(573) 884-2988
 
Office hours
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday to Friday

updated 08/28/07