Loans made to students by the federal Department of Education are referred to as:

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Direct student loans are made by the federal Department of Education and are directly disbursed to the student. They can be subsidized (where the government pays the interest during certain periods) or unsubsidized (where the student is responsible for paying all the interest). Deferred student loans refer to loans where payment is postponed until a later date, which is not necessarily the case for all federal student loans. Guaranteed student loans were a previous form of federal student loans that have since been discontinued.

Loans Made to Students by the Federal Department of Education