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Meet Sallie

We help students and families finance their future responsibly.

  • Sallie Mae is a responsible private student lender helping students and families confidently navigate to, through, and immediately after college.
  • We offer free tools and resources through Sallie to support students and families at every step, from planning and saving to paying for school.
  • We are a champion for a more transparent higher education financing system.
  • Our free college planning resources, scholarship search tool, college search and FAFSA® guide help students and families access free money before borrowing.
  • Through scholarship programs, partnerships, and investments, we’re helping more students and families access and complete higher education.

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Who Sallie Is — and Isn’t

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The Sallie® of today might surprise you. We’re no longer a government student loan servicer — in fact, we’re a completely different business and have been for more than a decade.

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We help students every step of the way.

  • Think through college financing options
  • Submit the FAFSA
  • Apply for scholarships
  • Decide on a college
  • Make a financing plan
  • Bridge any financing gaps

  • Think through college financing options

    Sallie offers free and detailed planning resources and tools to help students and families confidently navigate to, through and immediately after college.

    Planning for college resource

  • Submit the FAFSA

    The FAFSA is the gateway to $150 billion in scholarships, grants, work study, and federal student loans. Sallie offers a comprehensive FAFSA® application guide that simplifies the process.

    FAFSA® Step-by-Step Guide

  • Apply for scholarships

    Scholarships can be need-based, merit-based, or based on things like your hobbies, field of study, ethnicity, religion, and more. Sallie offers a free scholarship search tool to match students to hundreds of scholarships after they fill out a profile.

    Scholarship search tool

  • Decide on a college

    One of the most critical factors to consider when deciding on the right college is how to pay for it. Sallie offers a free guide to help students make sense of their financial aid offers and help inform their big decision. If students applied for early action or early decision, they’ll hear back from schools as early as December. Otherwise, they hear from schools in late March or early April. It’s important to compare offers to identify the best financial aid packages.

    Guide to comparing financial aid offers

  • Make a financing plan

    Our free college planning tools and calculators help families consider the full cost of college including room and board, books, and more, not just tuition. Students should factor savings, scholarships, grants, and loans into the plan, and revise it as more resources become available to them.

    College planning tools

  • Bridge any financing gaps

    Our 1-2-3 approach to paying-for-college helps simplify the financing decisions students and families make. First, apply for scholarships to reduce the size of needed loans. Second, explore federal financing options by completing the FAFSA. Finally, if needed, fill any financing gaps with a responsible private loan.

    Understand private student loans

News

Higher Education Financing News

Government Study Reveals Need for Clearer College Financial Aid Offer Letters

01.28.2026

How America Pays for College 2025

09.04.2025

The Federal Government Allows Students and Families to Overborrow to Pay for College. It’s Time to Put an End to It.

06.10.2025

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