Who is eligible to refinance their student loan with Laurel Road?

U.S. citizens or permanent residents with a valid I-551 form (“permanent green card”) are eligible to refinance student debts with Laurel Road.

Laurel Road refinances student loans for working professionals with four-year undergraduate and/or graduate degrees from Title IV accredited institutions, as well as for professionals who have an associate degree* in designated professions. Graduate students and undergraduates can refinance student loans as early as their final semester of school, so long as they have a signed contract or letter of employment. We also refinance student loans for parents who took out debt to finance their child’s education. We also refinance student loans for parents who took out debt to finance their child’s education. To be eligible for the Parent Student Loan Refinancing Program, the child must have attended a Title IV School but does not need to have graduated. Loan eligibility depends on lending criteria, such as your credit profile, monthly income, and monthly debt payments.

*Additional eligibility requirements for Associate degree applicants:

The applicant must either be currently enrolled and in the final term of the associate degree program at a Title IV eligible school with an offer of employment in the same field in which they will receive the associate degree OR have graduated from a school that is Title IV eligible with an associate degree in the following eligible programs. The graduate must be employed, for a minimum of 12 months, in the same field of study of the associate degree earned:

• Cardiovascular Technologist (CVT)
• Dental Hygiene
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography
• EMT/Paramedics
• Nuclear Technician
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Pharmacy Technician
• Physical Therapy Assistant
• Radiation Therapy
• Radiologic/MRI Technologist
• Respiratory Therapy
• Surgical Technologist