Now that you have attained your educational goals and have graduated with a degree, the time has come to repay your student loan obligations. If you are like many, student debt is one of your biggest worries, especially since six to nine months following graduation will mark the beginning of your repayment cycle. Many students who have incurred a mound of student loan debt turn to student loan consolidation to ensure that they only pay one monthly payment to one lender each month.

You may be wondering how you have amassed this huge debt. It is not difficult to accrue debt while attending college. Education is not expensive and tuition has been on the rise for many years. Couple that with the other costs of living the life of a college student and the expenses of attending school and it is not hard to see the average student walking away from their education, degree in hand, with a debt of $50,000 or more. Grad have it even worse.

One Payment For Many Loans

Another trouble with student loans is that they are rarely written by one servicer. Even those students who have taken out federal loans like the Perkins or Stafford loan find that they may very well end up with three to four different lenders (or more) over the course of their education. That makes for a confusing time when students begin repayment because they may need to write out a check to each and every lender each and every month. Student consolidation puts an end to that confusion and makes the monthly payment process streamlined.