So it pertains to individual knowledge loans too Including, let us imagine you have student loans that amount to $25,000 with an interest rate of 4.5%. Over the timeline of 10 years on a standard payment, you will have to pay a total of about $6,091 in terms of interest. If you dropped the rate by say 0.25% you would end up paying only about $5,731 in terms of interest meaning that you would save close to 360 dollars. If