How to Download Student Loan Data

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How to download your federal student loan data

To review your student loans, we need the data file the Department of Education keeps on you. Four steps on StudentAid.gov, then one email to Charles.

Open StudentAid.gov
The short versionStudentAid.gov Log In View Details Download My Aid Data email the .txt file

  1. Go to StudentAid.gov and log in

    Open studentaid.gov and click Log In at the top of the page. Sign in with your own account and finish any security check.

    Keep this private. Never send our office your FSA password or verification codes.

    Federal Student AidLog InStart here

  2. Find My Aid and click View Details

    After you log in, your Dashboard shows a My Aid section with your loan balance. Click View Details there.

    Can’t find it? The site’s layout changes from time to time. Look for anything labeled “My Aid.”

    Dashboard
    My Aid
    View DetailsClick here

  3. Click Download My Aid Data

    Accept the privacy notice if one appears. A plain-text file ending in .txt saves to your device, usually in your Downloads folder.

    Leave it as is. Don’t re-save it or turn it into a PDF or Word document.

    My Aid
    ↓ Download My Aid DataClick this link
    .txtSaves to Downloads

  4. Email the file to Charles

    Start a new email and attach the .txt file itself. Please don’t send screenshots, photos of your screen, or a PDF.

    Send to

    New message
    Tocharles@lawcmc.com
    SubjectStudent Loan Data File
    your-aid-data.txtThe file itselfSend

    Not a screenshot. We need the actual file, not a picture of it.

Questions? Call our office at 404.585.0040.

Sketches are simplified guides, not StudentAid.gov screenshots; the site’s wording and layout may change. StudentAid.gov is run by Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education. The Law Offices of Charles Clapp, LLC is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department.