Student Education Loans
The cuScholar Private Student Loan is a way to help finance your child’s education. Student loans can help you fill in the funding gap between the cost of attending school and the amount of federal loans, grants and scholarships received. An education loan can also help cover your child’s tuition, room and board, books, computer, past-due tuition bills, and other educational expenses. You have enough to deal with, let cuScholar do the rest.
Financing from $2,000 to $120,000 (for undergraduates) and $160,000 (for graduates) per year, terms up to 120 months, no origination fees, and competitive student loan interest rates.
Scholarships
We are accepting applications for the 2025 Jack C. Mathews College Scholarships contest. High School seniors and college students with a 2.5+ GPA who plan to attend a college or trade school in the fall of 2025 are eligible to apply. We will award $2,500 each to four students ($10,000 total). Instead of an essay, applicants must create and submit a video up to 60 seconds long that creatively answers this question: If you were to change LAFCU’s current slogan, “Financing Your Future,” what would you change it to and why?
The slogan’s goal is to motivate more people to become a LAFCU member and enjoy our beneficial financial services. You must be a LAFCU member in good standing to apply for a scholarship. If you are not yet a member who has reached age 18, yet are eligible to join, ask your parent or guardian to open your membership prior to submitting an application. All entries must be submitted by April 18, 2025. Since 2006, LAFCU has given out over $130,000 in scholarships.
2025 Scholarship Entries
- Entries can be submitted from 1/1/25 to 4/18/25.
- Applications & related documents must be submitted from the “Application” link below. We will not accept submissions via email, U.S. Mail or in-person at a branch.
- Videos can only be submitted via Direct Message on LAFCU's Instagram page (our name is "LAFCU").
- Application
- Video Contest Rules
- Video Appearance Waiver
Student Visa Card
Student Loan Calculators
LAFCU offers a variety of student loan calculators to help you make sound financial decisions regarding your child’s education. Find out when you should begin saving for your child’s college education, how much you should be saving, how long it will take to pay off student loans, and more.
