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Northstar Education Finance Incorporated
8 CFPB complaints · 8 states · top issue Dealing with your lender or servicer.
Northstar Education Finance Incorporated has 8 consumer complaints in the CFPB public database. Timely response is 37.5%; 0% closed with relief; top product Student loan. Allegations, not regulatory findings.
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- -50% filings 2016 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company northstar-education-finance-incorporated
0% relief · 37.5% timely · 8 filings · Student loan
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: EdFinancial Services (0% relief)
Northstar Education Finance Incorporated closes 0% with relief, below the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Response Quality Score
Northstar Education Finance Incorporated has 8 filings on record, below the 10-complaint threshold this score requires for a stable percentage. A single additional filing can swing a rate by 10+ points at this volume, so no score is shown rather than an unstable one.
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Northstar Education Finance Incorporated complaint mix by product
- Student loan 4 50.0% – 0% relief
- Debt collection 2 25.0% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting 1 12.5% – 0% relief
- Credit reporting, 1 12.5% – 0% relief
How Northstar Education Finance Incorporated's 8 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Student loan | 4 |
| Debt collection | 2 |
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 1 |
| Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports | 1 |
Where Northstar Education Finance Incorporated complaints are filed
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- CA
- 12.5% of this company's filings
Northstar Education Finance Incorporated falling annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 1
- -50% vs 2016
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| CA | 1 |
| NC | 1 |
| AZ | 1 |
| VA | 1 |
| NY | 1 |
| MN | 1 |
| DC | 1 |
| FL | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Dealing with your lender or servicer | 4 |
| Improper use of your report | 1 |
| Taking/threatening an illegal action | 1 |
| Communication tactics | 1 |
| Incorrect information on your report | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 100% |
| 2018 | 1 | 100% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0% |
| 2026 | 1 | 0% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
What the CFPB record shows about Northstar Education Finance Incorporated
Northstar Education Finance Incorporated's 8 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 8 states show a filing. Only 37.5% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, so most of this record is coded categories rather than verbatim complaint text. Records run from 2016 through 2026-04-18.
Northstar Education Finance Incorporated answers 37.5% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 37.5% with a written explanation. 0% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Student loan" draws the most filings, most often for "Dealing with your lender or servicer."
A complaint is a consumer-reported allegation, not proven wrongdoing. See the disclaimer below for how volume relates to company size, and cross-check against the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database directly before drawing conclusions about Northstar Education Finance Incorporated.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Northstar Education Finance Incorporated: nearest filing volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among companies with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.
Similar filing volume
Nearest companies by total CFPB complaints. This record: 8.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 37.5%.
Disclaimer: This data is from CFPB public records. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice. A complaint does not indicate that a company has violated any law or regulation. Complaint volumes are influenced by company size, customer base, and market presence. Use this data as one of many inputs when evaluating a company.
Data sourced from official public datasets for Northstar Education Finance Incorporated (37.5% timely; 0% relief). methodology.
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