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Table 15.
Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program top 100 originators: FY 1997-FY 2000

This table summarizes key information on the top 100 lenders of the FFEL program for FY 1997-FY 2000. Lenders are ranked according to the dollar amount guaranteed in each fiscal year. The lender name, city, and state are also reported as is the percent of the total FFEL program loan amount that is captured by the top 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 guarantors nationally.

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Table 15. - Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program top 100 originators: FY 1997-FY2000
 
Lender name1/State (City)
Amount guaranteed2
(in millions)
Rank1
FY00
FY99
FY98
FY97
FY00
FY99
FY98
FY97
Citicorp/NY (Pittsford)
$2,057.1
$1,820.5
$1,748.0
$1,603.6
1
2
2
2
Chase Manhattan Bank/NY (Garden City)
2,025.1
1,728.5
1,653.5
1,727.4
2
3
3
1
Bank One/OH (Columbus)
1,999.8
1,902.0
1,768.4
1,186.5
3
1
1
3
Norwest Bank/SD (Sioux Falls)
1,521.9
1,501.3
1,571.1
932.0
4
5
4
4
Bank of America/CA (Brea)
1,512.9
1,501.3
1,560.9
693.1
5
4
5
8
First Union National Bank/CA (Sacramento)
1,231.2
1,269.8
1,324.4
533.7
6
6
6
10
National City Bank/OH (Cleveland)
886.6
824.2
763.3
411.6
7
7
7
13
Sallie Mae Education Loan Corp./VA (Reston)
860.0
479.6
-
-
8
10
*
*
American Express Assurance Co./CA (San Diego)
565.7
321.0
219.6
49.3
9
17
21
63
Fleet Boston Financial Corp/ RI (Providence)
541.1
562.4
-
-
10
9
*
*
Pittsburgh National Corp./PA (Pittsburgh)
534.6
459.4
558.0
460.9
11
11
8
11
Union Bank & Trust Company/NE (Lincoln)
501.7
452.4
396.9
338.3
12
12
11
17
Education Finance Group/MA (S. Yarmouth)
482.9
568.1
256.0
-
13
8
16
*
Penna Higher Ed Assistance Agency/PA (Harrisburg)
476.1
400.4
359.3
346.1
14
13
12
15
SunTrust Bank/VA (Richmond)
448.6
380.8
251.7
82.2
15
15
17
41
U S Bank/MN (St. Paul)
431.9
397.8
406.1
402.1
16
14
10
14
Key Corp./OH (Cleveland)
381.5
338.4
410.6
801.5
17
16
9
5
NorthStar Guarantee Inc./MN (St. Paul)
280.4
165.0
-
-
18
26
*
*
FirstStar Bank/WI (Milwaukee)
280.3
232.5
120.2
62.9
19
18
31
52
College Foundation Inc./NC (Raleigh)
263.6
193.2
174.3
188.1
20
21
24
25
Teachers Insur. & Annuity Assn. Of Am./NY (New York)
256.2
219.9
229.3
209.2
21
20
20
24
S C Student Loan Corp./SC (Columbia)
252.7
228.6
230.4
230.1
22
19
19
22
Academic Management Services/MA (Swansea)
227.7
168.2
162.1
166.5
23
25
26
27
Nova Southeastern University/FL (Fort Lauderdale)
202.5
163.2
121.3
141.8
24
27
30
29
Educational Funding of the South/TN (Knoxville)
196.1
173.5
166.8
134.4
25
22
25
30
Commerce Bank/MO (St. Louis)
193.3
171.1
159.0
129.1
26
23
27
32
Marine Midland Bank/NY (Buffalo)
184.6
168.3
278.1
273.7
27
24
15
20
New Hampshire Higher Ed Loan Corp./NH (Concord)
145.9
142.1
135.5
129.7
28
30
29
31
Rhode Island Student Loan Authority/RI (Warwick)
142.3
134.7
112.6
111.2
29
31
35
33
Amsouth Bancorp Ed Fin Group/MS (Jackson)
138.6
143.2
-
-
30
29
*
*
Illinois Student Assistance Comm/IDAAP/IL (Deerfield)
133.8
101.2
69.0
-
31
35
45
*
Mellon Bank/PA (Pittsburgh)
132.2
149.2
188.3
228.3
32
28
23
23
Twin City Federal Savings Bank/MN (Minneapolis)
127.2
117.4
113.7
104.2
33
33
34
36
Vermont Ed Loan Finance Program/VT (Winooski)
122.4
99.4
116.4
109.1
34
36
32
35
Citizens Bank/RI (Riverside)
122.4
63.5
55.1
34.9
35
49
56
77
Regions Bank/AL (Mobile)
115.0
96.0
97.6
60.2
36
37
36
54
Marquette Bank/MN (Lakeville)
111.4
75.3
67.1
51.2
37
42
48
60
Washington Mutual Savings Bank/WA (Seattle)
103.4
120.1
146.8
157.2
38
32
28
28
Connecticut Student Loan Found./CT (Rocky Hill)
98.4
79.4
79.7
83.0
39
40
40
40
Kentucky Higher Ed Student Loan Corp./KY (Louisville)
91.0
73.8
58.4
53.4
40
44
55
58
Educational Funding Services Inc/TX (Waco)
84.0
103.4
-
-
41
34
*
*
Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine/OH (Cleveland)
80.7
82.6
65.2
45.1
42
38
51
70
Corus Bank/IL Chicago
78.5
78.2
78.2
84.9
43
41
41
38
BankCorpSouth/MS (Tupelo)
77.5
73.9
59.7
52.6
44
43
54
59
Arizona Educational Loan Marketing/AZ (Mesa)
74.3
51.1
46.2
56.2
45
57
62
56
Maine Educational Loan Marketing/ME (Augusta)
74.3
79.8
83.9
77.3
46
39
38
45
Union Planters Bank/TN (Knoxville)
72.6
70.9
69.8
60.4
47
45
44
53
University of Pennsylvania/PA (Philadelphia)
71.0
60.9
60.6
50.8
48
51
53
61
Bank of North Dakota/ND (Bismarck)
66.3
67.1
68.8
66.1
49
46
46
49

 

Table 15. - Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program top 100 originators: FY 1997-FY 2000 (continued)
 Lender name1/State (City)
Amount guaranteed2
(in millions)
Rank1
FY00
FY99
FY98
FY97
FY00
FY99
FY98
FY97
First Tennessee Bank/TN (Maryville)
$65.2
$57.4
$51.0
$50.0
50
53
58
62
Frost National Bank/TX (San Antonio)
65.2
65.0
68.1
64.0
51
47
47
51
Stillwater National Bank/OK (Stillwater)
62.0
49.4
47.7
47.6
52
60
60
65
Bank of Oklahoma/OK (Tulsa)
60.1
64.1
70.7
69.2
53
48
43
48
Hibernia National Bank/LA (Baton Rouge)
59.7
48.2
38.7
28.9
54
61
71
89
Georgia Student Finance Authority/GA (Tucker)
59.5
55.3
64.0
64.6
55
55
52
50
Independence Federal Savings Bank/DC (Washington)
57.7
51.2
46.5
40.9
56
56
61
72
University of Southern California FCU/CA (Los Angeles)
56.3
50.1
43.7
26.8
57
58
66
92
First Security Bank/UT (Salt Lake City)
53.3
58.4
65.4
60.2
58
52
50
55
EFS Finance Co./IN (Indianapolis)
53.2
34.1
34.5
22.9
59
75
77
96
University of Chicago/IL (Chicago)
51.7
49.8
45.3
34.3
60
59
63
81
Manufacturers & Tradeers Bank/NY (Buffalo)
49.9
38.2
42.4
42.0
61
68
67
67
Zions First National Bank/UT (Salt Lake City)
49.6
55.5
65.8
53.5
62
54
49
57
Marshall & Ilsley Bank/WI (Milwaukee)
49.0
47.1
53.3
70.3
63
62
57
47
New Mexico Ed. Assistance Foundation/NM (Albuquerque)
48.3
41.8
36.6
31.5
64
67
75
84
Comerica Bank/MI (Auburn Hills)
47.2
41.9
37.9
42.9
65
66
73
66
TrustMark National Bank/MS (Jackson)
46.1
45.4
41.2
37.0
66
63
69
75
Plains National Bank/TX (Lubbock)
46.0
36.8
26.8
-
67
70
90
*
University Federal Credit Union/TX (Austin)
45.1
42.9
44.7
49.3
68
64
64
64
Simmons First National Bank/AR (Pine Bluff)
42.3
36.3
32.6
28.6
69
71
79
90
Old Kent Financial Corp./MI (Grand Rapids)
42.0
38.0
36.4
29.7
70
69
76
87
Midwestern University/IL (Downers Grove)
41.6
30.7
-
-
71
80
*
*
BancFirst/OK (Shawnee)
38.3
34.7
32.5
30.4
72
73
80
85
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Med./MO (Kirksville)
38.3
41.9
37.6
41.9
73
65
74
69
Boone County National Bank/MO (Columbia)
38.2
33.0
24.0
21.7
74
78
94
100
SouthTrust Bank/AL (Birmingham)
36.5
35.1
21.7
-
75
72
96
*
First Federal Savings Bank/WI (LaCrosse)
36.5
34.3
38.4
41.0
76
74
72
71
Colorado Stud. Obligation Bond Auth/CO (Denver)
35.4
34.0
25.1
-
77
76
91
*
BAC International Credit Corp./FL (Miami)
34.9
62.3
245.2
417.2
78
50
18
12
Navy Federal Credit Union/VA (Merrifield)
34.5
30.1
40.0
42.0
79
84
70
68
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority/LA (Baton Rouge)
33.3
33.3
32.3
34.4
80
77
81
80
First State Bank of Texas/TX (Denton)
32.9
30.6
28.9
28.2
81
81
87
91
Whitney National Bank/LA (New Orleans)
32.7
25.2
-
-
82
89
*
*
Security Service Federal Credit Union/TX (San Antonio)
31.9
30.4
27.6
22.9
83
82
89
95
Purdue Employees FCU/IN (West Lafayette)
31.8
25.3
-
-
84
88
*
*
All Student Loan Corp/CA (Los Angeles)
30.7
-
-
-
85
*
*
*
Northwestern University/IL (Evanston)
30.6
23.7
43.9
39.1
86
93
65
73
First National Bank/TX (Abilene)
29.9
31.0
31.5
29.8
87
79
83
86
Western Univ Of Health Sciences/CA (Pomona)
29.8
-
-
-
88
*
*
*
Aggieland CU/TX (College Station)
29.6
24.8
29.6
33.4
89
90
85
82
Michigan Higher Education Stud. Loan/MI (Lansing)
29.5
29.1
-
-
90
86
*
*
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co./KS (Kansas City)
29.3
25.7
24.8
-
91
87
92
*
Keystone Financial/PA (Williamsport)
28.6
29.7
31.8
22.8
92
85
82
97
Wyoming Student Loan Corp/WY (Cheyenne)
28.4
20.8
-
-
93
99
*
*
Summit Bancorp/NJ (Dayton)
28.2
30.3
24.5
23.9
94
83
93
94
Arkansas Student Loan Authority/AR (Little Rock)
28.2
22.0
21.8
-
95
96
95
*
University Of Missouri/MO (Columbia)
27.3
-
-
-
96
*
*
*
Fifth Third Bank/OH (Cincinnati)
26.8
-
114.7
84.8
97
*
33
39
University of Wisconsin Credit Union/WI (Madison)
25.8
22.5
21.3
-
98
95
98
*

 

Table 15. - Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program top 100 originators: FY97-FY00 (continued)

Lender name1/State (City)

Amount guaranteed2
(in millions)

Rank1

FY00

FY99

FY98

FY97

FY00

FY99

FY98

FY97

Associated Bank/WI (Stevens Point)

$25.4

$24.6

$28.2

-

99

91

88

*

Citizens State Bank/TX (Sealy)

25.3

22.0

-

-

100

97

*

*

One Valley Bank/WV (Charleston)

-

21.0

20.3

-

*

98

100

*

Guaranty Federal Bank/TX (Dallas)

-

20.8

-

-

*

100

*

*

Michigan National Corp./MI (Farmington Hills)

-

24.0

29.2

$29.5

*

92

86

88

Oklahoma Student Loan Authority/OK (Oklahoma City)

-

23.3

33.7

34.9

*

94

78

78

Fleet Bank/NY (Utica)

-

329.2

330.1

340.2

*

15

13

16

Nellie Mae/MA (Braintree)

-

311.4

294.1

230.7

*

17

14

21

Bank of Boston Corp./RI (Providence)

-

233.2

202.9

176.1

*

19

22

26

Mercantile Bank/MO (St. Joseph)

-

110.7

96.1

79.5

*

35

37

42

Deposit Guaranty National Bank/MS (Jackson)

-

80.3

83.5

74.7

*

40

39

36

First American National Bank/TN (Nashville)

-

62.9

72.3

84.9

*

52

42

44

Student Loan Funding Corp./OH (Cincinnati)

-

23.9

48.6

109.5

*

96

59

34

Educaid, Trans World Insurance Co/CA (Sacramento)

-

-

748.7

627.1

*

*

6

9

Nations Bank/MO (North Kansas City)

-

-

747.5

759.5

*

*

7

6

Wells Fargo Bank/CA (Pleasant Hill)

-

-

693.4

699.9

*

*

9

7

First Chicago NBD Corp/MI (Grand Blanc)

-

-

313.6

294.9

*

*

17

18

Crestar Bank/VA (Richmond)

-

-

139.6

79.3

*

*

32

43

SeaFirst Bank/WA (Seattle)

-

-

98.0

93.1

*

*

40

37

Star Bank/OH (Cincinnati)

-

-

54.0

38.0

*

*

62

74

Illinois Designated Acct Purch Prog/IL (Deerfield)

-

-

47.6

-

*

*

67

*

Wachovia Bank/NC (Winston-Salem)

-

-

41.2

35.4

*

*

68

76

Bank of Hawaii/HI (Honolulu)

-

-

30.0

33.4

*

*

84

83

First American Bank/TX (Bryan)

-

-

21.5

-

*

*

97

*

Household Bank/IL (Wood Dale)

-

-

20.6

277.5

*

*

99

19

Meridian Bank/PA (Reading)

-

-

-

34.5

*

*

*

79

San Antonio Federal Credit Union/TX (San Antonio)

-

-

-

26.6

*

*

*

93

First Financial Bank/WI (Stevens Point)

-

-

-

22.7

*

*

*

98

Bank of New York/NY (Harrison)

-

-

-

21.8

*

*

*

99

Percent of amount guaranteed

FY00

FY99

FY98

FY97

 

 

Top 10 as percent of Nation

51.5

51.7

51.8

44.5

Top 25 as percent of Nation

71.8

71.4

69.1

66.1

Top 50 as percent of Nation

82.3

82.1

79.3

78.0

Top 75 as percent of Nation

87.2

86.9

85.3

83.7

Top 100 as percent of Nation

90.1

89.7

88.5

87.1

- Not applicable.
* Lender was not ranked in top 100 in this fiscal year.

1 Arranged from highest to lowest based on the dollar amount the lender guaranteed in FY00.
2 Amount guaranteed includes Stafford Subsidized, Stafford Unsubsidized, and PLUS loans.

NOTES: The total number of lenders in FY97-FY00 were 4,252; 4,129; 3,761 and 3,592; respectively. Data for earlier years appear in table A-15 in appendix I.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, National Student Loan Data System and Office of Student Financial

 

 

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