OSLA Customer Service: What It Can Do and How to Contact

The Oklahoma Student Loan Authority, or OSLA, is one of several companies that service federal student loans by collecting and tracking payments. If OSLA is your student loan servicer, here’s what it can help you do.

• Register for online access to your account. Once you have access you can contact OSLA, access your monthly billing statements and pay bills.

• Enroll in autopay. OSLA can deduct your payments automatically from your bank account. Signing up for autopay will reduce your interest by 0.25 percentage point.

• Sign up for income-driven repayment. You can request income-driven repayment, which limits your student loan payments to a percentage of your income, by completing a paper form with OSLA. (You can apply online on studentaid.gov and then recertify your income each year online as well.)

• Process deferment and forbearance requests. OSLA can help you temporarily stop making payments or reduce your payment amount if you qualify. This helps you stay in good standing to avoid default. But during any periods of deferment or forbearance, interest can continue to build.

• Process monthly payments and extra payments. OSLA will track and collect your payments. If you want to make additional payments, you can instruct OSLA (online, by phone or by mail) to apply extra payments to your current balance. Otherwise, it may apply the additional amount to next month’s payment instead.

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Your loan servicer is assigned by the U.S. Department of Education when your loan is disbursed to your college for the first time. The name of the company sending you a federal loan bill every month is your servicer. If your loan payments haven’t begun or you’re not sure which company is your servicer, log in to My Federal Student Aid to find out. You can also get in touch with any of the loan servicer contact centers by calling 1-800-4-FED-AID.

Servicers are there to help you, but they may offer choices that are best for the company, not the borrower. That means they can’t change how payments are processed and may not suggest the most beneficial repayment option for you. It’s most important to know your repayment options so you can know the right questions to ask.

Am I stuck with OSLA until my loans are paid off?

The Department of Education announced in April 2023 that it signed new contracts with five student loan servicers. OSLA's contract was not renewed in the servicer overhaul, so it will only continue servicing loans through December 2024. By that point, the OSLA portfolio will be transferred to other servicers and affected borrowers will be notified of the servicer change.

Prior to servicing contracts ending, borrowers should do the following:

• Download and save your payment history from your online account or request a copy from your servicer.

• Update your contact information with your most recent address, phone number and email address.

You’ll be notified when a loan servicing transfer happens, and you’ll manage payments with the new servicer. Most servicers deliver the same options and programs, but customer service may differ from one to another.

You are likely to remain with OSLA until the end of 2024 unless you act to switch student loan servicers. Use this tool to find out what might work for you.

How to reach OSLA customer service

OSLA phone number: 1-800-456-6752.

OSLA hours of operation: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST.

OSLA mailing address:

OSLA P.O. Box 18145 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0145

OSLA website: public.osla.org.

OSLA email: [email protected].

How to complain about OSLA

If you’re having difficulty with OSLA that you have been unable to resolve, start by filing a complaint directly with OSLA customer service.

If your issue goes unresolved, you can also make complaints about OSLA to:

• Federal Student Aid Feedback System.

• Your state attorney general's office.

• Your state consumer protection office.

• Your congressional representative.

Make sure to keep records of conversations you have, including the day, time and customer service representative you spoke with. Keep copies of any letters, bills or emails about your account.

How to settle a dispute with OSLA

If a complaint doesn’t help, you can contact the Federal Student Aid Ombudsman Group. This method should be used only as a last resort, says the federal student aid office. When you’re ready to reach out, here’s how to get in touch:

Phone: 877-557-2575

By mail: U.S. Department of Education

FSA Ombudsman Group

P.O. Box 1854

Monticello, KY 42633

You can also reach out to a student loans nonprofit such as The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, which provides free dispute resolution.

The federal student loan servicers

Learn more about each of the federal loan servicers, including what they can do and how to contact.