Having any debt requires many considerations, the student loan might look the same but it is different from the normal kind of the debt. It has been established to help the students achieve their goal and the ambitions without worrying about the fees of the education. There are number of things about the student loan which many of the students are not aware and therefore, it is important that every student knows these so that he could consider the student loan when he wants to.  

First of all, most of the students are familiar with the financial aid but many of them consider that only scholarships and free grants are the financial aids but sometimes in some schools the private student loans could also be the part of the financial aid and unlike the scholarship the student loan amount that has been given to the students needs to be returned after a certain period of time and in most of the cases, it is returned after the student has completed the education. Therefore, it is important that you ask before receiving the financial aid whether it is loan or not and then decide whether you want to go for it or not. 

The second thing you need to know is that the nice student loans comes in two types. The first type is the subsidized student loan which is only given to the students who are on financial aid and they require financial help and cannot afford the expense then the second student loan is the unsubsidized in which there is no requirement of the financial aid but this student loan is generally for every student. Although in order to acquire any of these student loan the parents and the students need to submit a form which is normally known as the FAFSA application form.

Although sometimes the federal loans which are generally the part of the financial aid is not enough to cover all the expense of the school and therefore, in this case there are private loans as well which are given by the school and you could find about these in the financial department of the school and could ask them to provide you a list of the loans that they have. 

One good thing about the student loans is that these are not immediately returned after the graduation but there is significant period of time in which you need to clear out these student loans and this time is enough to find a job and get settled enough to easily pay back the student loan. Not only this but you do not need to pay the full amount in one time but you could have the instalment of the total amount and you could pay every month. Mostly the returning of the student loan starts after six months when you graduate.