CFPB · Narrative-heavy record

Student Services

36 CFPB complaints · 52.8% with narratives · top issue Fraud or scam.

36 CFPB complaints

Student Services: 52.8% of 36 filings include consumer narratives. Timely 63.9% · relief 27.8% · top product Student loan. Allegations, not findings.

  • Narrative-heavy record
  • -33.3% filings 2016 to 2020

CFPB relief outcome brief

CCDB company student-services

27.8% relief · 63.9% timely · 36 filings · Student loan

Nearest relief peer: Campus Student Funding, LLC (26.4% relief)

Student Services (this)27.8%Credit Bureau of Carbon Coun…3%Credit Service Company0%Independent Bank Corp.15%American Capital Enterprises…1%
Closed-with-relief % among Student Services and nearest filing-volume peers

Student Services closes 27.8% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →

Most of Student Services's 36 filings include narrative text

52.8% carry a written consumer narrative, this ledger is unusually text-rich for a CFPB company page. Counts still add to the company's total filings; narrative presence is not a severity finding.

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Timely response rate 63.9%
Federal benchmark

CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.

Relief rate 27.8%
Industry median (≥10 complaints)

Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

Student Services complaint mix by product

Total complaints: 36

Student Services complaint mix by product Horizontal strip chart. Width of each segment is proportional to that category's share of the 36 total complaints. Trend arrow shows rolling 12-month direction. Inline badge shows resolution rate (% closed with relief). Student loan: 18 complaints (50.0%), resolution 22.2% Student loan 50.0% Other financial: 8 complaints (22.2%), resolution 75.0% Other financial 22.2% Money transfer,: 5 complaints (13.9%), resolution 0.0% Money transfer, 13.9% Credit reporting,: 2 complaints (5.6%), resolution 0.0% Credit reporting: 1 complaints (2.8%), resolution 0.0% Checking or: 1 complaints (2.8%), resolution 0.0% Debt collection: 1 complaints (2.8%), resolution 0.0%
  • Student loan 18 50.0% 22% relief
  • Other financial 8 22.2% 75% relief
  • Money transfer, 5 13.9% 0% relief
  • Credit reporting, 2 5.6% 0% relief
  • Credit reporting 1 2.8% 0% relief
  • Checking or 1 2.8% 0% relief
  • Debt collection 1 2.8% 0% relief

How Student Services's 36 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.

Complaints by Product

Product Complaints
Student loan 18
Other financial service 8
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service 5
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports 2
Credit reporting 1
Checking or savings account 1
Debt collection 1

Where Student Services complaints are filed

Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company

Concentrated footprint
Leading state
CA
11.1% of this company's filings
CA4GA4OR2CO2PA2NC2MN2TN2

Student Services falling annual filings

Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database

Falling vs first year
2020
8
-33.3% vs 2016
051015 20162017201820192020 8

Top States

State Complaints
CA 4
GA 4
OR 2
CO 2
PA 2
NC 2
MN 2
TN 2
NJ 2
TX 1
WV 1
FL 1
IL 1
MA 1
RI 1
MD 1
AZ 1
LA 1
PR 1
OK 1

Top Issues

Issue Complaints
Fraud or scam 14
Dealing with my lender or servicer 8
Dealing with your lender or servicer 7
Struggling to repay your loan 2
Credit monitoring or identity protection 1
Incorrect information on your report 1
Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem 1
Managing an account 1
Communication tactics 1

Yearly Trend

Year Complaints Timely
2016 12 100%
2017 9 100%
2018 2 100%
2019 5 0%
2020 8 0%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Student Services's narrative-rich complaint ledger

Student Services's 36 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 20 states show a filing. 52.8% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2016 through 2020-10-01.

Student Services answers 63.9% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 27.8% with a written explanation. 27.8% 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 "Fraud or scam."

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 Student Services.

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Student Services: 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.

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 Student Services (63.9% timely; 27.8% relief). methodology.

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