Student Loan Refinancing - Customer Insights
Updated on June 12, 2019
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As a part of our regular research on the student loan industry, we periodically surveys student loan borrowers to learn about their needs and motivations for refinancing.
We’re glad to share our conclusions with you.
Methodology
To obtain the survey data, we collected responses from 1,000+ student loan borrowers using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. Our survey description specified respondents must be student loan borrowers. A total of 1,000+ respondents answered they were responsible for paying back student loans either for themselves or someone else.
Participants ranged in age from 18 to 76, with a mean of 33.04 and a standard deviation of 8.93. Participants were excluded from analysis if they answered attention check questions incorrectly. The data we are presenting rely on self-reporting. There are many issues with self-reported data. These issues include but are not limited to: selective memory, telescoping, attribution, and exaggeration.
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2018 Student Loan Refinancing Customer Insights
Sample of what you will find:
Additional questions answered:
- Student Loan Responsibility Status
- Percentage of borrowers that have refinanced their student loans
- Total student loan debt per person
- For borrowers who have refinanced, the top reasons why they did.
- For borrowers who haven't refinanced, the top reasons why they didn't.
- How long borrowers felt it would take to fill out an application to refinance their student loans
- Borrowers preferred interaction methods.
- Borrowers comfort with providing their social
- And more...
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Sample of what you will find:
Additional questions answered:
- Percentage of borrowers who stream content by streaming player.
- Percentage of borrowers who stream content by streaming device.
- What smart home device(s) borrowers own.
- Frequency with which borrowers check their personal email account(s).
- Percentage of borrowers familiar with the term 'pre-qualify' regarding loans.
- If borrowers could easily compare lenders, how many would they prefer to review.
- Which options would borrowers consider when researching refinancing options.
- And more...
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Sample of what you will find:
Additional questions answered:
- Average total debt co-signed for
- Who is currently paying back the loan you took or co-signed for your child
- How long it will take for the loan(s) to be paid off
- Is it a parents responsibility to assist financially with their child's post-secondary education
- Did your child's choice of major affect your willingness to co-sign their loan
- Level of familiarity and awareness with the loan process at time of co-signing
- Was research on different types of student loans done before co-signing
- Knowing what you know now, would you have advised your child to attend a cheaper school
- How did you recommend your child offset the cost of their education
- Ho confident are you that your child can pay back their loan
- How satisfied are you with the terms of your child's loan
- Have you had to supplement your income to assist your child financially
- And more...
Click here to see all of the survey results...
