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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087, et seq.
Richard Cordray, Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Annual Notice of Interest Rates for Variable-Rate Federal Student Loans Made Under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program Federal Student Aid, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Chief Operating Officer for Federal Student Aid announces the interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford/
Ford Loans Direct Subsidized Loans, Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/
Ford Loans Direct Unsubsidized Loans, and Federal Direct PLUS Loans Direct PLUS Loan, Assistance Listing Number 84.268, with first disbursement dates before July 1, 2006, and for Federal Direct Consolidation Loans Direct Consolidation Loans for which the application was received before February 1, 1999. The rates announced in this notice are in effect for the period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Travis Sturlaugson, U.S. Department of Education, 830 First Street NE, 11th floor, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202 3774174 or by email:
travis.sturlaugson@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD or a text telephone TTY, call the Federal Relay Service FRS, toll free, at 1800877
8339.
Direct Subsidized Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Loans, Direct PLUS Loans, and Direct Consolidation Loans collectively referred to as Direct Loans may have either fixed or variable interest rates, depending on when the loan was first disbursed or, in the case of a Direct Consolidation Loan, when the application for the loan was received.
Direct Subsidized Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Loans, and Direct PLUS
Loans first disbursed before July 1, 2006, and Direct Consolidation Loans for which the application was received before February 1, 1999, have variable interest rates. For these loans, a new rate is determined annually and is in effect during the period from July 1 of one year through June 30 of the following year.
Direct Subsidized Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Loans, and Direct PLUS
Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2006, and Direct Consolidation Loans for which the application was received on or after February 1, 1999, have fixed interest rates that apply for the life of the loan.
This notice announces the interest rates for variable-rate Direct Loans that will apply during the period from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. Interest rate information for fixed-rate Direct Loans is announced in a separate notice published in the Federal Register.
Interest rates for variable-rate Direct Loans are determined in accordance with formulas specified in section 455b of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended HEA 20 U.S.C.
1087eb. The formulas vary depending on loan type and when the loan was first disbursed or, for certain Direct Consolidation Loans, when the application for the loan was received.
The HEA specifies a maximum interest rate for these loan types. If the interest rate formula results in a rate that exceeds the statutory maximum rate, the rate is the statutory maximum rate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Variable-Rate Direct Subsidized Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Loans, and Direct PLUS Loans For Direct Subsidized Loans and Direct Unsubsidized Loans with first
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disbursement dates before July 1, 2006, and for Direct PLUS Loans with first disbursement dates on or after July 1, 1998, and before July 1, 2006, the interest rate is equal to the lesser of 1 The bond equivalent rate of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned at the final auction held before the June 1
immediately preceding the 12-month period to which the interest rate applies, plus a statutory add-on percentage; or 2 8.25 percent for Direct Subsidized Loans and Direct Unsubsidized Loans or 9.00 percent for Direct PLUS Loans.
For Direct Subsidized Loans and Direct Unsubsidized Loans with first disbursement dates on or after July 1, 1995, and before July 1, 2006, the statutory add-on percentage varies depending on whether the loan is in an in-school, grace, or deferment status, or in any other status. For all other loans, the statutory add-on percentage is the same during any status.
The bond equivalent rate of 91-day Treasury bills auctioned on May 24, 2021, is 0.015 percent, rounded to 0.02
percent.
For Direct PLUS Loans with first disbursement dates before July 1, 1998, the interest rate is equal to the lesser of 1 The weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the last calendar week ending on or before the June 26 preceding the 12-month period to which the interest rate applies, plus a statutory add-on percentage; or 2 9.00 percent.
The weekly average of the one-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the last calendar week ending on or before June 26, 2021, is 0.09 percent.
Variable-Rate Direct Consolidation Loans A Direct Consolidation Loan may have up to three components, depending on the types of loans that were repaid by the consolidation loan and when the application for the consolidation loan was received. The three components are called Direct Subsidized Consolidation Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Consolidation Loans, and only for Direct Consolidation Loans made based on applications received before July 1, 2006 Direct PLUS
Consolidation Loans. In most cases the interest rates for variable-rate Direct Subsidized Consolidation Loans, Direct Unsubsidized Consolidation Loans, and Direct PLUS Consolidation Loans are determined in accordance with the same formulas that apply to Direct Subsidized
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