Financial Aid

Methodology & Criteria

The lenders included on the Preferred Lender List responded to a public Request for Information (RFI) distributed by the WIU Financial Aid Office.

Submissions were evaluated and lenders selected based on the benefits the loan products offer to borrowers, including interest rates and fees, repayment benefits and terms, ability to apply, sign, certify and disburse electronically, quality of customer service to borrowers, problem resolution, loan management tools and availability of consumer information and web based service features.

The WIU Preferred Lender List is not a comprehensive list of all the educational loans available. Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement or recommendation by Western Illinois University. If a parent or student has worked with a lender not listed below, and has received excellent benefits and quality service from this lender, you may continue to do business with that lender.