As a leading national company and top 3 lender with deep industry expertise, College Ave delivers a best-in-class experience that also happens to be the most consumer-friendly product suite in the industry. We deliver a simple, clear, and personal college financing experience that reduces stress and empowers students to focus on what matters most: preparing for a bright future.
For schools that use a preferred lender list, information on our lender and products codes can be found here.
For schools, we support preferred certification and disbursement methods, and offer our own online certification portal, College Ave Central.
Need access to College Ave Central or need to provide your school’s EFT routing information for disbursements?
College Ave Student loans believes an educated borrower is better able to repay his or her loans successfully. We make financial literacy a top priority, providing in-depth customer education through videos, blog articles, and brochures covering a wide range of topics for students and families and available for schools to use and share at no cost.
The videos are 2-3 minutes in length and feature relatable student representatives who speak clearly and directly about the topic at hand. Videos are also available on YouTube where schools can link to provide quality financial literacy for their students.
Our brochures are available via digital or print format for schools to use. Contact your College Ave Campus Representative for copies of our financial literacy materials to share with your students.
Questions you need answers to
College Ave Student Loans launched in 2014, with a goal to create private student loan products that help students pay for school as easily and inexpensively as possible.
To qualify, undergraduate students with a social security number must be enrolled at an eligible school. International students will need to apply with a qualified cosigner that is a U.S. Citizen or a Permanent Resident. All students must meet the satisfactory academic progress (or SAP) guidelines as defined by their school.
A cosigner may be needed for student borrowers who do not meet financial, credit, or other requirements of taking out a private loan.
Yes, we ask the school to verify satisfactory academic progress (SAP) during school certification. The school applies their individual criteria for SAP. In other words, we don’t define SAP, but we do ask the school to confirm that the student is making SAP according to each school’s definition.
Yes. If the borrower meets the following criteria, they can submit an application requesting to remove their cosigner from the loan:
To submit an application, go to the Document Upload Center. Select the option for 'Cosigner release application' and provide all required information.
With College Ave Multi-Year Peace of Mind® you can get the money you need for your entire degree. 90% of our undergraduate borrowers are approved for additional loans to cover their degree when they apply with a cosigner3. This means less stress for more semesters. This is only available with our Undergraduate Student Loans.
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