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SLM Corporation: 1,570 CFPB complaints about student loan, last 3 years

SLM Corporation drew 1,570 consumer complaints about student loan in the CFPB database in the three years to November 6, 2026, 58.6% of its 2,678 complaints in that time. The most common issue was “Dealing with your lender or servicer”. The company responded on time to 99.7% of them, and 13.0% closed with monetary or other relief.

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  • 1,570Complaints, last 3 years
  • 58.6%Share of the company's complaints
  • 99.7%Responded on time
  • 13.0%Closed with relief
  • Oct 25, 2026Latest received

By period

The three years are cut into 12 month periods ending on the date of the latest data.

PeriodComplaintsShare
12 months to Nov 6, 202671545.5%
12 months to Nov 6, 202551432.7%
12 months to Nov 6, 202434121.7%

Issues

IssueComplaintsShare
Dealing with your lender or servicer66542.4%
Struggling to repay your loan55835.5%
Getting a loan1398.9%
Incorrect information on your report1157.3%
Problem with a company's investigation into an existing problem473%
Improper use of your report191.2%
Issue with income share agreement110.7%
Credit monitoring or identity theft protection services80.5%
Issue where my lender is my school70.4%
Problem with fraud alerts or security freezes10.1%

How the company responded

Company responseComplaintsShare
Closed with explanation1,30683.2%
Closed with non-monetary relief17110.9%
In progress603.8%
Closed with monetary relief332.1%

States

Where the consumers who complained live, as they gave it to the CFPB.

StateComplaintsShare
California1449.2%
New York1358.6%
Florida1177.5%
Texas966.1%
Massachusetts925.9%
New Jersey915.8%
Pennsylvania785%
North Carolina573.6%
Maryland543.4%
Michigan533.4%
Georgia493.1%
Ohio473%
Illinois452.9%
Virginia452.9%
Connecticut342.2%
Tennessee301.9%
Colorado261.7%
South Carolina241.5%
Louisiana231.5%
Alabama221.4%
Arizona221.4%
Minnesota221.4%
Washington221.4%
Indiana201.3%
Oklahoma181.1%

Latest 25 complaints

Newest first. Each row links to the complaint's record in the CFPB database.

ReceivedProductIssueCompany responseSource
October 25, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 24, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 23, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 22, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 22, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 22, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 21, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
October 21, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 20, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 20, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
October 19, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 19, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 19, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 18, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 18, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 17, 2026Student loanIncorrect information on your reportIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 15, 2026Student loanProblem with a company's investigation into an existing problemIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 15, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 15, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 15, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanClosed with explanationconsumerfinance.gov
October 14, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 14, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 14, 2026Student loanDealing with your lender or servicerIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 14, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov
October 14, 2026Student loanStruggling to repay your loanIn progressconsumerfinance.gov

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Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. Public data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (US government work), free for anyone to use. A complaint count is not a rate. A company with more customers can draw more complaints and a state with more people draws more, so this page compares counts only and ranks no one as better or worse. A complaint is a consumer's own account and does not by itself show that a company broke a law. The CFPB publishes a complaint after the company responds, or after 15 days, whichever comes first, and the database is not a statistical sample of consumers' experiences. Company responses are as the company reported them to the CFPB. The CFPB's product names changed over time, and the counts of the three years combine the old and new names of credit reporting. Consumer narratives and names are not shown on this page. This page uses CFPB data and is not endorsed by the CFPB. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.