- Sallie Mae, one of the largest and best known providers of both traditional and non-traditional educational loan funding, has built several options around the non-degree seeking student. Both the Sallie Mae Continuing Education Loan and the Career Training Loan set high limits and have a broad range of repayment options with terms similar to those of more traditional student loans, including long payoff periods and low interest rates. http://www.salliemae.com or call 1-888-272-5543
- Chase, Education One also offers loans for students training in a trade or career program as opposed to seeking a degree and can fund an education that is pursued on at least a half-time basis with up to $40,000. http://www.aboutus.org/EducationOne.com
To learn more about student loans for Continuing Education students, contact a Loan Counselor toll-free at 1-800-487-4404.
- Key Bank also offers a nice alternative loan called the Key CareerLoan, geared toward continuing education and career students. Half-time enrollment in your program of choice is required, and you can take out loans equivalent to the full cost of tuition and other fees.
- 800-KEY-LEND (800-539-5363)
Chase, Education One
http://www.aboutus.org/EducationOne.com
Other possibilities include:
World Best Student Loans
http://www.worldbestloans.com/student-loans.htm
http://www.credithub.org/
Direct Loan 1-800-848-097
Key Bank
https://www.key.com/html/education-financing.html?sqkl=h-1.32.b4.html
800-KEY-LEND (800-539-5363
FastWeb (www.fastweb.com). The purpose of this site is to identify all the scholarship and loan opportunities for which you qualify. You can sign up for email alerts when a new opportunity is posted.
Also check out American Association of University Women (www.aauw.org), American Specialty Health (www.ashproviders.com); Howard Hughes Medical Institute (www.hhmi.org); Jeanette Rankin Foundation (www.rankinfoundation.org); National Endowment for the Humanities (www.neh.gov); National Institutes of Health (www.ugsp.nih.gov/home.asp?m=00); Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation (www.truman.gov); Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (www.woodrow.org); Zonta International Foundation (www.zonta.org); MANA, A National Latina Organization (www.hermana.org); National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women, 1806 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009; and U.S. Information Agency Fulbright Program (www.iie.org/fulbright).
