[Author's note: since passage of the the Health Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 on March 26, 2010, Access Group has stopped offering federal student loans. The information in this article is no longer current, and is meant as a consumer resource showing what student loans were like through Access Group when the FFEL program was still active.]

Access Group, the eleventh largest educational lending company in the United States, no longer offers private student loans. However, it has a full portfolio of federal student loans, such as Stafford Loans and PLUS Loans, offered through the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL).

This article will explain the different federal Access Group student loans available and offer advice for those shopping around for both private and federal student loans.