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Blog | VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | veterinary student loan information veterinary student debt information veterinary student debt news veterinary student debt podcast veterinary student debt blog | The VIN Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit providing programs to support veterinarians throughout their careers, is proud to announce its latest initiative: "40 Veterinary School Loan Estimations in 60 Days" (40 in 60). This comprehensive project provides detailed student loan estimations for each veterinary school in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean islands (40 total) to help prospective veterinary students understand the impact of major federal student loan policy changes | press release

VIN Foundation Launches “40 Veterinary School Loan Estimations in 60 Days” to Help Future Veterinarians Navigate New Federal Student Loan Borrowing Limits

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VIN Foundation launches “40 Veterinary School Loan Estimations in 60 Days” to help future veterinarians navigate new federal student loan borrowing limits Davis, CA: The VIN Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit providing programs to support veterinarians throughout their careers, is proud to announce its latest initiative: “40 Veterinary School Loan Estimations in 60 Days” (40 in […]

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2026 Federal Poverty Rates Published: Why that matters for your student loans

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Federal Poverty Guidelines Each year in January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updates the federal poverty guidelines used to determine financial eligibility for certain programs. Your federal student loan monthly payments are impacted by these updates when you use an income-driven repayment (IDR) plan. The VIN Foundation Student Loan Repayment Simulator

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Comments to the Department of Education on proposed IDR changes

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Changes are coming to income-driven repayment: Updates to REPAYE, PAYE and ICR phased out Below is a the comment I plan to submit to the Department of Education on the proposed changes to income-driven repayment.  I encourage you to review the changes that we have detailed here. Consider how the propsed changes will impact your

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Veterinary School: Private Student Loans vs. Federal Student Loans

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Apply Smarter & Borrow Better: What you need to know about paying for veterinary school after July 1, 2026 Private Loans will be a critical component Students starting veterinary school (or any professional program) after July 1, 2026, will be the first to experience new federal student loan borrowing constraints.  Veterinary school is expensive, often

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IDR Forgiveness Payment Count Data Available

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As one federal administration ends and another begins, let’s use this transition period to review where we stand with federal student loan repayment. Last week, the Department of Education (ED) began posting the forgiveness payment count data for borrowers using income-driven repayment (IDR) plans. Look for your “IDR End of Payment Term” data in your

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Announcing the second annual awardees of the Mike Dunn, DVM Veterinary Student Scholarship Created by Becky Godchaux

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VIN Foundation announces the second annual awardees of the Mike Dunn, DVM Veterinary Student Scholarship created by Becky Godchaux Two veterinary school students have each been awarded $140,000 scholarships for the second year in a row, and the third annual scholarship is announced Davis, CA: The VIN Foundation is excited to announce the Mike Dunn,

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VIN Foundation | Supporting veterinarians to cultivate a healthy animal community | Blog | Veterinary School Student Loan Interest Rates for 2025-26 Academic Year Decreasing

Student Loan Interest Rates: Slightly Lower for 2025-2026 Academic Year

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Federal Direct Loan interest rates for graduate school break their upward trend Federal student loan interest rates have a fixed rate for the life of the loan. That fixed interest rate depends on when you receive the loans. Each spring, we closely monitor the federal treasury yields. With all of the economic uncertainty this year,

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All IDR applications for student loans are paused – Now what?

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What happened to the IDR application? Last Friday (2/21/2025), the Department of Education (ED) took down the electronic applications for all income-driven repayment (IDR) plans and consolidations. This week (2/25/2025), they also removed the paper/PDF applications for IDR plans.  ED cites a ruling from the 8th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals last week. The court

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Class of 2020, 2021, 2022 Income-Driven Repayment Renewal Note

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Attention 2020, 2021, and 2022 veterinary graduates with student loans! You have some special homework to maximize all of the recently announced benefits. If you have federal student loans and you graduated into the pandemic forbearance period, here are the things your graduating classes need to know and perhaps DO soon to ensure you take

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Special Cancellation of Up to $20,000 of Student Debt. Are You Eligible?

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On August 24th, 2022, the White House announced the news of a special one-time cancellation of up to $20,000 of federally held student loan debt. The amount of debt cancellation will depend on your income and whether you received a Pell Grant in college.

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