Entrance Counseling and Master Promissory Note (MPN)
Before receiving your first Direct Stafford Loan at the University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, the U.S. Department of Education requires that you complete the online Loan Entrance Counseling and Master Promissory Note (MPN). The Loan Entrance Counseling will provide important information about student loans so that you will become a well-informed borrower.
The counseling covers your rights and responsibilities, interest rates, repayment options, and the consequences of default or not repaying your loan. The MPN is your promise to repay this loan and contains the terms and conditions of the loan, as well as repayment information.
- Complete the online Entrance Counseling and MPN at studentloans.gov.
- Select University of Colorado Denver school code 004508 as your college.
- Retain a copy of your MPN for your records.
- Your lender is the U.S. Dept. of Education's Direct Loan Servicing. If you have any questions about your loan history, repayment information, or other loan questions, please check studentloans.gov, or call 800-848-0979.
- Read Your Federal Student Loans for more loan information such as borrowing, managing, repaying, consolidation, and loan discharge.
Exit Counseling
Upon graduating, leaving school, or dropping below half-time enrollment, you are required to complete the Direct Loan Exit Counseling at studentloans.gov.
The U.S. Department of Education offers repayment options: Standard Repayment Plan, Extended Repayment Plan, Graduated Repayment Plan, Income-based Plan, and the Income Contingent Plan. More information about repaying your student loans are available at Student Aid on the Web.
NOTE: If you borrowed institutional loans such as the Perkins Loan, Medical Student Loan, or Federal Nursing Loan, please go to the Student Loan Repayment web page for the entrance counseling and MPN requirements.