Loan Counseling

If this is the first time you are borrowing a federal loan at Loyola, such as a Federal Direct Stafford Loan or Direct Graduate PLUS Loan,  you must complete an entrance loan counseling session before you can receive any loan funds.

You can complete entrance counseling online following one of the links below. You will be asked to enter the Loyola University Chicago school code, which is 001710. Upon completion, Loyola is electronically notified.

For students with Federal Perkins Loans: You will do the entrance counseling at the same time you sign the online promissory note for your loan.

For more information about entrance loan counseling, please contact us.

Exit Counseling
All borrowers/recipients of the above programs are required to complete an exit loan counseling session online for each program they have borrowed/received funds from, prior to graduating or leaving Loyola SSOM.  The counseling session provides you with information on repayment, deferment and cancellation provisions.

Federal Stafford Loan Borrowers  

  1. Go to StudentLoans.gov.
  2. Complete the counseling session and print the confirmation page for your records.

Institutional Loan Borrowers  

  1. Go to Educational Computer Systems, Inc. (ECSI).
  2. Click on "Are you a Borrower."
  3. Click on "Login to My Account."\
  4. Log in using the following information:
    School Code: N9
    SSN#: Your nine-digit Social Security Number
    PIN#: Provided by ECSI on the Exit Loan Counseling letter from the Bursar's Office. Can also be obtained by calling 888.549.3274.
  5. Complete the counseling session and print the confirmation page for your records.

Federal TEACH Grant Recipients  

  1. Go to Mapping Your Future TEACH Exit Counseling.
  2. Complete the counseling session and print the confirmation page for your records.