US Dept. of Education - Loans Customer Service

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800-872-5327
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Does US Dept. of Education - Loans offer 24 hour customer service?

A:Not at this number; hours here are Mon-Fri 8am-5pm EST. The least busy day is Wednesday, and the most busy day is Monday. If the call center is closed, you can schedule a call.
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How long will I wait on hold?

A:The average hold time is 14 minutes. The longest hold times are on Wednesday, and the shortest are on Tuesday. You can skip the hold time for free.

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What are the hours and when should I call?

US Dept. of Education - Loans operates the call center for this 800-872-5327 phone number Mon-Fri 8am-5pm ET. The short answer is that you should call on a Wednesday. This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 3,790 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).

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An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
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The least busy time to call

The least busy day to call US Dept. of Education - Loans is Wednesday. The most busy day to call is Monday. Again, this is based on a sample of 3,790 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.

The shortest wait on hold

We measured the shortest hold times to be on Tuesday. The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Wednesday.
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The best time to call US Dept. of Education - Loans

In summation, the best day to call US Dept. of Education - Loans is Wednesday. This is not the day with the shortest wait on hold in the phone system, but we still recommend it for its ideal combination of low call volume and short hold times. Plus we believe that US Dept. of Education - Loans staffs the call center well on Wednesday.

More US Dept. of Education - Loans Customer Service Contacts

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US Dept. of Education - Loans Customer Email Addresses

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US Dept. of Education - Loans Customer Help Desk / Web Support

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Online customer service support
As a last, sometimes only, resort- US Dept. of Education - Loans customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.

Conclusion and closing notes

This is US Dept. of Education - Loans's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a US Dept. of Education - Loans agent. This phone number is US Dept. of Education - Loans's best phone number because 22,740 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 800-872-5327 include and other customer service issues. The US Dept. of Education - Loans call center that you call into has employees from Massachusetts and is open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm ET according to customers. In total, US Dept. of Education - Loans has 1 phone number. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to US Dept. of Education - Loans representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.

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