I currently have federal and private loans with the rate as follows
    Federal
    1. 3105, 3.48%
    2. 5400, 3.48%
    3. 4950 4.74%
    4. 6388 4.74%
    5. 5000 5.25%
    6. 3100 5.25%

    Private
    1. 11k 9%
    2. 13k 4.5%
    3. 10k 4.5%

    These came out as total of around ~62k to pay within the next 9 years. I’ve been paying around $950/month to every loans since Sept 2025( balance was around 70K at the time).

    Was looking into refinance and got a rate at 4.2% to consolidate all of the loans with 2 options 5 years and 7years.
    Total interest comes out to around 5K for the 5years options and about 8K for 8years.

    Should I refinance all of this? Or just refinance all the loans that have higher rate than 4.2%

    Public Service Loan Forgiveness doesnt pay until 10years after the loans were taken out. This feels kinda long and I do also have a mortgage about 6k/month. (Which I am looking at refinance options in the year of 2026)

    Is there any better options that I should look into before refinance?

    Any opinions will be appreciated,

    Thanks in advance

    Refinance, consolidate all federals and privates loan
    byu/registerednerd7 inStudentLoans



    Posted by registerednerd7

    1 Comment

    1. Competitive_Ebb_8836 on

      rough math but refinancing everything above 4.2% makes sense

      federal benefits gone tho

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