# 5 Ways to Pay Off Your Student Loans Faster – and When Not To

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-24T13:15:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
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To clear your student loans sooner, put extra payments toward principal on your highest-rate loan, and find out whether your employer or your state will pay part of the balance. Before you prepay a federal loan, check that you’ll repay it in full, since extra payments on a loan headed for forgiveness only shrink the amount forgiven. Source

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