Standard eligibility criteria
Heading: Who’s eligible for funding?
You could be eligible for ProU education student loan if you’re:
- An undergraduate or graduate student within 2 years of graduating or about to begin a 1-year or 2-year program.
- An international student, DACA recipient, U.S. citizen, refugee, or asylum-seeker.
- Admitted to or attending one of our 400+ approved schools in the U.S. or Canada.
Heading: Our loan terms
MPOWER student loans provide benefits beyond funding for every type of student:
- No fees paid out-of-pocket, pay nothing until your first interest-only loan payment
- Fund up to 100% of education expenses, including living expenses for schools in the U.S.
- Get visa support, career services, and build your U.S. credit history by making on-time payments
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Heading - Terms:
- Fixed Interest rate after discount (Fixed for the life of the loan) - Limited time interest rates as low as 9.99% (10.89% APR) for the fall 2025 semester if you submit your application before December 31, 2024!
- Interest rate discounts - 0.25% discount with auto pay, 0.75% discount with our limited-time early planner promotion.
- Interest rate type - Fixed – This means your rate won’t change and your payment will remain the same even in a rising interest rate environment.
- Term - 10-year repayment
- In-school payment - Interest-only payments while in school and for six months after graduation. “Note: The interest-only period is capped to a maximum of 30 months from the date of disbursement.”
- Prepayment penalty - None
Heading - Other considerations:
- Building U.S. credit history - Yes – Timely repayment of your MPOWER student loan builds credit history.
- Collateral or cosigner - Never required
- Visa support letter (to obtain I-20 from your school) - Free
- Career services - Free
- Global payments - Free – Pay from anywhere, anytime