Open, for more than $30,000 in Direct Loans
Extended 25-year
A lower fixed payment stretched over 25 years. The most interest of any plan, no PSLF credit.
See where it ranks for you, free Two minutes, your own numbers, every plan side by side.
- Payment
- A level payment (or a graduated one) over 25 years.
- Who qualifies
- More than $30,000 in Direct Loans, and no Direct Loan balance from before October 7, 1998. Loans made before July 1, 2026.
- Forgiveness
- None.
- Interest
- The most of any plan: 25 years of it.
- PSLF
- Does not qualify.
- Taxes
- Nothing is forgiven, so nothing is taxed.
- How to apply
- Request it from your servicer with the Repayment Plan Request.
- Leaving it
- You can move to any plan you qualify for.
- Dates
- No end date.
Good for
- A low fixed payment when income-driven plans are closed to you
Watch out
- Costs the most over the life of the loan
- No forgiveness, no PSLF
Where Extended lands for you depends on your numbers.
Right Repay runs every plan on your income, household, balance and loan dates, ranks them on all-in cost, and shows the math. Positions 2 onward are free; the kit to switch is $29.
Rank my plans, freeSources
- 34 CFR 685.208, repayment plans Code of Federal Regulations
- Repayment plans Federal Student Aid
- Repayment Plan Request for Standard, Graduated and Extended (PDF) Federal Student Aid
Which plan is right for you depends on your income, your balance and your loans' dates.
Rank every plan for me, freeThe other plans
- Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP)New, since July 1, 2026
- Income-Based Repayment (IBR)Open, permanent for loans made before July 2026
- Standard 10-yearThe default when you choose nothing
- Graduated 10-yearOpen
- Pay As You Earn (PAYE)Closing: ends by July 1, 2028
- Income-Contingent Repayment (ICR)Closing: ends by July 1, 2028
- Tiered StandardNew, for loans made on or after July 1, 2026