At Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and Affiliates, we work with borrowers, schools, lenders, and community organizations to change lives for the better through higher education. Great Lakes supports these partners with financial, educational, and operational resources to help students and their families pay for college and build brighter futures. For more than four decades, we have helped our partners change lives for the better by providing innovative, student-focused services that make higher education more accessible and affordable. As one of the industry’s largest servicers and guarantors of student loans, Great Lakes serves the U.S. Department of Education and nearly 4,000 schools and 1,250 lenders across the nation. Great Lakes is a nonprofit holding company with multiple operating subsidiaries, including Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc., and Northstar Guarantee Inc. We have headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, with operating centers in Minnesota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.