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SLM Corporation
(NASDAQ:SLM) 

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SLM Corporation, through its subsidiaries, originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit accounts, including certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts, and high-yi...

Founded: 1972
Full Time Employees: 1,900
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Credit Services

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    Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-03-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2008-01-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2005-12-31 2005-03-31 
                                                                                  
      interest income:
                                                                                  
      loans
    602,262,000 602,307,000 593,734,000 597,609,000 598,767,000 587,426,000 565,046,000 565,338,000 596,607,000 595,537,000 581,080,000 568,342,000 582,784,000 527,143,000 483,327,000 446,040,000 458,044,000 452,466,000 442,576,000 430,099,000 431,804,000 475,725,000 477,833,000 480,170,000 555,277,000 577,087,000 564,698,000 553,905,000 553,479,000 524,597,000 485,997,000 454,045,000 430,048,000 392,399,000 359,610,000 336,739,000 324,757,000 295,241,000 268,341,000 251,675,000 245,230,000 218,703,000 205,274,000 195,000,000 173,792,000 164,000,000                                 
      investments
    14,968,000 15,404,000 14,955,000 13,710,000 14,746,000 15,467,000 16,299,000 15,139,000 14,507,000 14,174,000 13,268,000 12,037,000 11,331,000 11,052,000 10,260,000 8,513,000 5,479,000 4,597,000 3,366,000 3,168,000 2,728,000 2,657,000 3,327,000 2,489,000 2,517,000 2,335,000 2,145,000 1,706,000 1,421,000 1,181,000 1,340,000 1,694,000 1,947,000 2,016,000 1,928,000 2,201,000 2,143,000 2,005,000 2,193,000 2,371,000 2,591,000 2,501,000 2,640,000 2,000,000 2,913,000 3,000,000                                 
      cash and cash equivalents
    32,079,000 39,108,000 48,898,000 45,440,000 42,577,000 58,480,000 71,294,000 60,999,000 52,444,000 58,839,000 57,902,000 53,526,000 43,483,000 45,405,000 26,324,000 8,478,000 1,515,000 1,378,000 1,613,000 1,423,000 1,626,000 1,173,000 1,218,000 2,136,000 17,139,000 21,044,000 23,548,000 18,111,000 11,553,000 12,435,000 10,260,000 6,572,000 5,236,000 5,081,000 4,686,000 3,155,000 2,588,000 2,767,000 2,003,000 1,195,000 1,634,000 1,183,000 987,000 1,000,000 1,589,000 1,000,000                                 
      total interest income
    649,309,000 656,819,000 657,587,000 656,759,000 656,090,000 661,373,000 652,639,000 641,476,000 663,558,000 668,550,000 652,250,000 633,905,000 637,598,000 583,600,000 519,911,000 463,031,000 465,038,000 458,441,000 447,555,000 434,690,000 436,158,000 479,555,000 482,378,000 484,795,000 574,933,000 600,466,000 590,391,000 573,722,000 566,453,000 538,213,000 497,597,000 462,311,000 437,231,000 399,496,000 366,224,000 342,095,000 329,488,000 300,013,000 272,537,000 255,241,000 249,455,000 222,387,000 208,901,000 198,000,000 178,294,000 168,000,000 1,296,000,000 1,340,000,000 1,337,000,000 1,366,000,000 1,425,000,000 1,464,000,000 1,403,000,000 1,476,000,000 1,459,834,000 1,492,561,000 -3,365,249,000 1,510,533,000 1,464,855,000 1,385,861,000 1,114,549,000 1,199,046,000 1,203,160,000 1,241,610,000 1,740,081,000 1,869,282,000 1,768,461,000 1,891,814,000  2,311,113,000 2,321,121,000 2,095,882,000 1,945,906,000 1,834,703,000 1,701,092,000 1,560,872,000  910,972,000 
      interest expense:
                                                                                  
      deposits
    200,609,000 199,604,000 203,577,000 201,478,000 204,139,000 223,976,000 225,749,000 211,286,000 220,445,000 223,206,000 209,921,000 191,407,000 183,531,000 153,441,000 105,468,000 60,468,000 49,537,000 49,887,000 51,629,000 57,256,000 66,598,000 74,336,000 83,500,000 100,246,000 135,112,000 141,769,000 143,393,000 136,597,000 125,987,000 116,195,000 105,093,000 90,605,000 77,456,000 66,218,000 61,890,000 50,730,000 44,852,000 40,775,000 38,210,000 35,409,000 34,012,000 29,425,000 29,110,000                                    
      interest expense on short-term borrowings
    5,128,000 3,687,000 717,000 3,613,000 3,401,000 3,476,000 3,467,000 3,310,000 3,562,000 3,608,000 3,576,000 3,299,000 3,018,000 3,054,000 3,054,000 2,973,000 2,875,000 4,585,000 5,458,000 5,700,000 3,202,000 3,418,000 3,424,000 3,399,000 4,217,000 2,493,000 1,400,000 1,135,000 1,165,000 1,156,000 1,156,000 1,128,000 2,393,000 2,107,000 1,804,000 1,194,000 1,236,000 1,495,000 1,604,000 2,060,000 2,163,000 1,771,000 1,951,000                                    
      interest expense on long-term borrowings
    68,161,000 76,471,000 80,316,000 74,848,000 73,580,000 71,730,000 64,020,000 54,708,000 52,535,000 55,850,000 54,125,000 52,568,000 45,981,000 45,674,000 41,879,000 36,782,000 37,594,000 36,619,000 32,950,000 32,950,000 35,244,000 35,264,000 30,887,000 32,375,000 35,488,000 37,103,000 40,533,000 39,122,000 37,020,000 37,995,000 34,715,000 29,628,000 24,768,000 21,980,000 20,469,000 20,278,000 15,323,000 12,309,000 9,448,000 5,006,000 3,415,000 3,340,000 2,398,000                                    
      total interest expense
    273,898,000 279,762,000 284,610,000 279,939,000 281,120,000 299,182,000 293,236,000 269,304,000 276,542,000 282,664,000 267,622,000 247,274,000 232,530,000 202,169,000 150,401,000 100,223,000 90,006,000 91,091,000 90,037,000 95,906,000 105,044,000 113,018,000 117,811,000 136,020,000 174,817,000 181,365,000 185,326,000 176,854,000 164,172,000 155,346,000 140,964,000 121,361,000 104,617,000 90,305,000 84,163,000 72,202,000 61,412,000 54,579,000 49,262,000 42,475,000 39,592,000 34,541,000 33,459,000 30,000,000 27,815,000 24,000,000 530,000,000 541,000,000 553,000,000 571,000,000 593,000,000 645,000,000 657,000,000 591,000,000 591,427,000 594,595,000 -2,498,916,000 638,599,000 568,933,000 531,384,000 515,763,000 673,870,000 819,459,000 1,026,547,000 1,529,522,000 1,394,533,000 1,365,918,000 1,615,445,000  1,976,642,000 1,879,811,000 1,697,229,000 1,532,090,000 1,462,733,000 1,363,271,000 1,204,067,000  564,212,000 
      net interest income
    375,411,000 377,057,000 372,977,000 376,820,000 374,970,000 362,191,000 359,403,000 372,172,000 387,016,000 385,886,000 384,628,000 386,631,000 405,068,000 381,431,000 369,510,000 362,808,000 375,032,000 367,350,000 357,518,000 338,784,000 331,114,000 366,537,000 364,567,000 348,775,000 400,116,000 419,101,000 405,065,000 396,868,000 402,281,000 382,867,000 356,633,000 340,950,000 332,614,000 309,191,000 282,061,000 269,893,000 268,076,000 245,434,000 223,275,000 212,766,000 209,863,000 187,846,000 175,442,000 168,000,000 150,479,000 144,000,000 766,000,000 799,000,000 784,000,000 795,000,000 832,000,000 819,000,000 746,000,000 885,000,000 868,407,000 897,966,000 -866,333,000 871,934,000 895,922,000 854,477,000 598,786,000 525,176,000 383,701,000 215,063,000 210,559,000 474,749,000 402,543,000 276,369,000  334,471,000 441,310,000 398,653,000 413,816,000 371,970,000 337,821,000 356,805,000  346,760,000 
      less: provisions for credit losses
    -11,466,000 -18,779,000 179,462,000 148,718,000 23,286,000 108,179,000 271,465,000 16,830,000 12,041,000 15,599,000 198,023,000 17,729,000 114,112,000 297,260,000 207,598,000 30,545,000 98,050,000 -15,309,000 138,442,000 69,677,000 -225,767,000 -316,372,000 -3,640,000 351,887,000 61,258,000 97,558,000 99,526,000 93,375,000 63,790,000 57,619,000 70,047,000 63,267,000 53,931,000 55,324,000 54,930,000 50,215,000 25,296,000 43,226,000 41,784,000 41,793,000 32,602,000                                      
      net interest income after provisions for credit losses
    386,877,000 395,836,000 193,515,000 228,102,000 351,684,000 254,012,000 87,938,000 355,342,000 374,975,000 370,287,000 186,605,000 368,902,000 290,956,000 84,171,000 161,912,000 332,263,000 276,982,000 382,659,000 219,076,000 269,107,000 556,881,000 682,909,000 368,207,000 -3,112,000 338,858,000 321,543,000 305,539,000 303,493,000 338,491,000 325,248,000 286,586,000 277,683,000 278,683,000 253,867,000 227,131,000 219,678,000 242,780,000 202,208,000 181,491,000 170,973,000 177,261,000                                      
      non-interest income:
                                                                                  
      gains on sales of loans
    146,313,000 45,200,000 135,958,000 -13,000 187,735,000 -9,000 -31,000 111,929,000 143,039,000 35,550,000 -5,000 124,754,000 -9,000 2,894,000 74,978,000 239,997,000 9,881,000 145,535,000 -10,000 3,679,000 399,111,000 -247,000 -4,000 -369,000 238,935,000       2,060,000          58,484,000  77,000,000 359,000 85,000,000                                 
      losses on securities
    -2,398,000                                                                        -30,967,000 -24,458,000 -13,427,000    
      other income
    40,662,000 33,499,000 31,868,000 29,430,000 28,687,000 27,709,000 28,390,000 27,773,000 29,001,000 20,873,000 22,753,000 20,513,000 20,009,000 16,730,000 20,125,000 18,256,000 12,049,000 7,243,000 13,879,000 48,580,000 14,288,000 1,043,000 9,646,000 25,412,000 7,487,000 -211,000 15,280,000 2,655,000 13,378,000 6,446,000 -80,702,000 12,295,000 9,642,000 -21,066,000 4,455,000 10,629,000 11,346,000 13,235,000 21,598,000     10,000,000 7,250,000 6,000,000                                 
      total non-interest income
    184,577,000 77,047,000 172,702,000 26,776,000 206,044,000 27,782,000 24,523,000 141,805,000 174,158,000 57,113,000 24,238,000 144,054,000 21,711,000 -40,643,000 95,103,000 258,253,000 21,925,000 152,761,000 13,913,000 52,348,000 413,427,000 932,000 9,627,000 28,794,000 292,094,000 -3,846,000 17,241,000 19,391,000 16,141,000 12,684,000 -85,651,000 7,538,000 13,534,000 -22,006,000 6,116,000 7,020,000 5,968,000 9,351,000 22,966,000 15,825,000 20,674,000                                      
      non-interest expenses:
                                                                                  
      operating expenses:
                                                                                  
      compensation and benefits
    103,446,000 86,417,000 83,667,000 84,900,000 90,830,000 80,084,000 87,566,000 85,261,000 96,476,000 77,095,000 83,577,000 78,233,000 87,649,000 67,359,000 65,003,000 66,011,000 71,981,000 57,895,000 66,229,000 62,616,000 71,581,000 63,084,000 62,743,000 72,448,000 84,222,000 68,016,000 64,980,000 66,495,000 78,738,000 61,524,000 62,260,000 60,245,000 68,317,000 55,796,000 51,052,000 51,007,000 55,464,000 45,337,000 43,380,000 44,570,000 50,209,000 39,896,000 39,304,000                                    
      fdic assessment fees
    4,441,000 5,595,000 6,511,000 9,782,000 12,403,000 13,594,000 12,973,000 11,727,000 13,312,000 12,103,000 12,283,000 9,851,000 11,529,000 9,438,000 4,592,000 1,225,000 5,684,000 5,734,000 6,521,000 5,925,000 5,188,000 4,448,000 1,455,000 7,163,000 8,890,000 9,064,000 8,814,000 7,356,000 7,618,000 6,853,000 9,136,000 8,001,000 8,796,000 7,473,000 7,626,000 6,622,000 7,229,000 5,661,000 5,095,000                                        
      other operating expenses
    62,474,000 64,081,000 89,380,000 71,664,000 50,355,000 54,455,000 70,259,000 60,218,000 50,645,000 53,903,000 71,542,000 66,080,000 55,361,000 60,965,000 80,369,000 64,494,000 54,341,000 61,866,000 67,899,000 59,469,000 47,730,000 54,211,000 63,292,000 61,946,000 54,186,000 64,599,000 79,827,000 64,955,000 53,791,000 77,870,000 79,236,000 66,977,000 47,761,000 55,281,000 57,464,000 53,622,000 39,984,000 47,038,000 51,234,000 50,207,000 42,676,000 45,349,000 53,560,000    224,000,000 129,000,000 124,000,000 132,000,000 131,000,000 122,000,000 119,000,000 147,000,000 143,580,000 167,759,000 136,155,250 180,120,000 206,287,000 177,635,000 189,656,000 176,185,000 175,766,000 164,562,000 175,272,000 209,744,000 185,900,000 175,919,000           
      total operating expenses
    170,361,000 156,093,000 179,558,000 166,346,000 153,588,000 148,133,000 170,798,000 157,206,000 160,433,000 143,101,000 167,402,000 154,164,000 154,539,000 137,762,000 149,964,000 131,730,000 132,006,000 125,495,000 140,649,000 128,010,000 124,499,000 121,743,000 127,490,000       102,682,250 150,632,000 135,223,000 124,874,000 118,550,000 116,142,000 111,251,000 102,677,000 98,036,000 99,709,000 94,777,000 92,885,000 85,245,000 92,864,000    366,000,000 257,000,000 258,000,000 270,000,000 253,000,000 244,000,000 239,000,000 285,000,000 268,719,000 303,200,000              440,974,000 355,899,000 398,800,000 356,174,000 352,747,000 353,494,000 316,602,000  262,291,000 
      acquired intangible assets amortization expense
    740,000 691,250 846,000 898,000 1,021,000 958,500 1,225,000 1,394,000 1,215,000 1,837,750 2,834,000 2,245,000 2,272,000 2,301,000 2,328,000 2,417,000 733,000                                                              
      total non-interest expenses
    171,101,000 156,886,000 180,404,000 167,244,000 154,609,000 149,628,000 172,023,000 158,600,000 161,648,000 202,114,000 170,236,000 156,409,000 156,811,000 140,063,000 152,292,000 134,147,000 132,739,000 125,495,000 140,757,000 128,080,000 125,576,000 123,831,000 151,617,000 141,557,000 147,298,000 141,679,000 153,621,000 138,806,000 140,147,000 145,971,000 150,724,000 135,315,000 124,966,000 118,668,000 116,259,000 111,368,000 102,794,000 98,195,000 99,935,000                                        
      income before income tax expense
    400,353,000 315,997,000 185,813,000 87,634,000 403,119,000 132,166,000 -59,562,000 338,547,000 387,485,000 225,286,000 40,607,000 356,547,000 155,856,000 -96,535,000 104,723,000 456,369,000 166,168,000 409,925,000 92,232,000 193,375,000 844,732,000 560,010,000 226,217,000 -115,875,000 483,654,000 176,018,000 169,159,000 184,078,000 214,485,000 191,961,000 50,211,000 149,906,000 167,251,000 113,193,000 116,988,000 115,330,000 145,954,000 113,364,000 104,522,000 91,760,000 104,790,000 144,760,000 63,709,000 151,000,000 43,752,000 138,000,000    557,000,000                             
      income tax expense
    92,399,000 82,812,000 49,963,000 16,362,000 98,579,000 20,613,000 -14,410,000 86,554,000 97,554,000 56,843,000 11,242,000 91,482,000 37,338,000 -19,492,000 29,551,000 114,296,000 37,356,000 103,660,000 19,392,000 53,174,000 203,525,000 127,310,000 55,189,000 -30,664,000 121,481,000 34,666,000 40,701,000 33,801,000 56,296,000 44,449,000 -53,667,000 40,074,000 40,997,000 66,190,000 40,617,000 44,713,000 51,011,000 43,122,000 47,557,000 34,555,000 38,875,000 54,915,000 17,985,000 60,000,000 23,967,000 55,000,000 136,000,000 136,000,000 300,000,000 211,000,000 158,000,000 104,000,000 168,000,000 -46,000,000 -9,585,000 99,711,000 4,660,000 -127,558,000 196,103,000 155,795,000   -46,551,000  -3,308,250 -103,819,000 153,074,000 -62,488,000           
      net income
    307,954,000 233,185,000 135,850,000 71,272,000 304,540,000 111,553,000 -45,152,000 251,993,000 289,931,000 168,443,000 29,365,000 265,065,000 118,518,000 -77,043,000 75,172,000 342,073,000 128,812,000 306,265,000 72,840,000 140,201,000 641,207,000 432,700,000 171,028,000 -85,211,000 362,173,000 141,352,000 128,458,000 150,277,000 158,189,000 147,512,000 103,878,000 109,832,000 126,254,000 47,003,000 76,371,000 70,617,000 94,943,000 70,242,000 56,965,000 57,205,000  89,845,000 45,724,000 91,000,000 19,785,000 83,000,000 219,000,000 260,000,000 542,000,000 346,000,000 348,000,000 187,000,000 291,000,000 -47,000,000 -5,648,000 174,694,000 122,655,000 -494,886,000 337,951,000 240,280,000 309,291,000 159,308,000 -122,509,000 -21,105,000 -216,017,000 -158,541,000 265,736,000 -103,804,000  -1,635,258,000 -343,760,000 966,471,000 116,153,000 18,105,000 263,472,000 723,778,000  223,384,000 
      yoy
    1.12% 109.04% -400.87% -71.72% 5.04% -33.77% -253.76% -4.93% 144.63% -318.64% -60.94% -22.51% -7.99% -125.16% 3.20% 143.99% -79.91% -29.22% -57.41% -264.53% 77.04% 206.12% 33.14% -156.70% 128.95% -4.18% 23.66% 36.82% 25.29% 213.84% 36.02% 55.53% 32.98% -33.08% 34.07% 23.45%  -21.82% 24.58% -37.14%  8.25% -79.12% -65.00% -96.35% -76.01% -37.07% 39.04% 86.25% -836.17% -6261.47% 7.04% 137.25% -90.50% -101.67% -27.30% -60.34% -410.65% -375.86% -1238.50% -243.18% -200.48% -146.10% -79.67%  -90.30% -177.30% -110.74%  -9132.08% -230.47% 33.53%  -91.90%     
      qoq
    32.06% 71.65% 90.61% -76.60% 173.00% -347.06% -117.92% -13.09% 72.12% 473.62% -88.92% 123.65% -253.83% -202.49% -78.02% 165.56% -57.94% 320.46% -48.05% -78.13% 48.19% 153.00% -300.71% -123.53% 156.22% 10.04% -14.52% -5.00% 7.24% 42.01% -5.42% -13.01% 168.61% -38.45% 8.15% -25.62% 35.17% 23.31% -0.42%   96.49% -49.75% 359.94% -76.16% -62.10% -15.77% -52.03% 56.65% -0.57% 86.10% -35.74% -719.15% 732.15% -103.23% 42.43% -124.78% -246.44% 40.65% -22.31% 94.15% -230.04% 480.47% -90.23% 36.25% -159.66% -356.00%   375.70% -135.57% 732.07% 541.55% -93.13% -63.60%    
      preferred stock dividends
    3,555,000 3,803,000 3,994,000 3,972,000 3,956,000 4,367,000 4,648,000 4,628,000 4,653,000 4,726,000 4,642,000 4,274,000 4,063,000 3,466,000 2,531,000 1,757,000 1,275,000 1,177,000 1,166,000 1,192,000 1,201,000 1,734,000 2,058,000 2,478,000 3,464,000 3,885,000 4,153,000 4,331,000 4,468,000 4,199,000 4,124,000 3,920,000 3,397,000 3,137,000 3,028,000 3,974,000 5,575,000 5,506,000 5,316,000 5,243,000 5,139,000 4,989,000 4,913,000 5,000,000 4,933,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 4,052,000 3,878,000 -130,176,000 18,787,000 18,711,000 18,678,000 51,014,000 42,627,000 25,800,000 26,395,000 27,316,000 27,474,000 27,391,000 29,025,000  9,622,000 9,274,000 9,156,000 9,093,000 9,258,000 9,221,000 8,787,000  2,875,000 
      net income attributable to slm corporation common stock
    304,399,000 229,382,000 131,856,000 67,300,000 300,584,000 107,186,000 -49,800,000 247,365,000 285,278,000 163,717,000 24,723,000 260,791,000 114,455,000 -80,509,000 72,641,000 340,316,000 127,537,000 305,088,000 71,674,000 139,009,000 640,006,000 430,966,000 168,970,000 -87,689,000 358,709,000 137,467,000 124,305,000 145,946,000 153,721,000 143,313,000 99,754,000 105,912,000 122,857,000 43,866,000 73,343,000 66,643,000 89,368,000 64,736,000 51,649,000 51,962,000 60,776,000 84,856,000 40,811,000 86,000,000 15,286,000 78,000,000 214,000,000 255,000,000 538,000,000 341,000,000 343,000,000 183,000,000 287,000,000    6,708,750 -513,734,000 319,107,000 221,462,000 258,120,000 116,483,000 -148,520,000                
      basic earnings per common share
    1,560 1,130 640 320 1,430 520 -230 1,130 1,290 730 110 1,110 470 -270 290 1,300 460                                                -520 -400 510 -280  -3,990 -850 2,320 260 20 620 1,740  520 
      average common shares outstanding
    195,460,000 -1,868,000 207,144,000 209,282,000 210,682,000 -1,839,000 214,873,000 218,924,000 220,416,000 -2,759,000 226,120,000 235,061,000 241,497,000 -4,659,000 251,266,000 261,333,000 276,977,000 -9,155,000 299,890,000 312,183,000 361,042,000 -2,882,000 375,094,000 375,009,000 409,786,000 -2,003,000 424,149,000 429,278,000 434,574,000 179,000 435,468,000 435,187,000 433,952,000 258,000 431,718,000 431,245,000 429,891,000 165,000 428,077,000 427,942,000 427,111,000 190,000 426,019,000    427,000,000 436,000,000 440,000,000 451,000,000 -7,000,000 464,000,000 482,000,000 511,000,000 523,808,000 526,746,000 121,169,500 484,936,000 484,832,000 484,259,000 2,898,000 470,280,000 466,799,000 466,761,000 17,000 466,646,000 466,649,000 466,580,000  275,000 412,944,000 411,870,000 411,040,000 -407,000 410,034,000 410,957,000  420,924,000 
      diluted earnings per common share
    1,540 1,110 630 320 1,400 500 -230 1,110 1,270 720 110 1,100 470 -270 290 1,290 450                                                -520 -400 500 -280  -3,950 -850 1,030 260 70 600 1,520  490 
      average common and common equivalent shares outstanding
    197,875,000 -2,008,000 210,607,000 213,220,000 214,986,000 -1,619,000 214,873,000 222,467,000 223,845,000 -2,530,000 228,800,000 237,592,000 243,549,000 -4,562,000 253,716,000 264,122,000 280,654,000 -9,152,000 304,511,000 317,119,000 366,240,000 -2,196,000 377,918,000 375,009,000 412,755,000 -1,898,000 427,336,000 432,253,000 438,248,000 197,000 440,019,000 439,445,000 438,977,000 129,000 438,419,000 438,115,000 438,735,000 840,000 433,523,000 431,796,000 430,903,000 -297,000 432,547,000    435,000,000 445,000,000 448,000,000 458,000,000 -7,000,000 471,000,000 488,000,000 511,000,000 523,808,000 531,964,000 121,552,250 484,936,000 527,391,000 526,631,000 3,624,000 471,058,000 466,799,000 466,761,000 17,000 466,646,000 517,954,000 466,580,000  -8,072,000 412,944,000 452,406,000 418,449,000 -842,000 449,841,000 454,314,000  463,014,000 
      declared dividends per common share
    130 130 130 130 130 130 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110 110                                                              
      gains on securities
     -1,652,000 4,876,000 -2,641,000 -10,378,000 82,000 -3,836,000 2,103,000 2,118,000 690,000 1,490,000 -1,213,000 1,711,000                                                                  
      gains on derivatives and hedging activities
                    -5,000 -17,000 44,000 89,000 28,000   3,751,000 45,672,000 -3,635,000 1,961,000 16,736,000 2,763,000 -1,581,250 -4,949,000  3,892,000 -940,000 1,661,000 -3,609,000  -4,114,000 1,368,000 2,142,000 -354,000 953,000 -547,000 2,000,000 1,004,000 5,000,000                                 
      restructuring expenses
                      108,000 70,000 1,077,000 2,088,000 24,127,000                            1,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,594,000 3,561,000 19,970,000 11,082,000 17,666,000 26,282,000 972,000 3,592,000 4,430,000 4,773,000 5,849,000 10,508,000 46,740,000 20,678,000           
      basic earnings per common share attributable to slm corporation
                     655 240 450 1,770 1,130 450 -230 880 320 290 340 350 320 230 240 280 100 170 150 210 160 120 120 140 200 100 200,000 -389,570 180,000    760,000                             
      diluted earnings per common share attributable to slm corporation
                     647.5 240 440 1,750 1,120 450 -230 870 320 290 340 350 320 230 240 280 100 170 150 200 150 120 120 140 200 90 200,000 -379,580 180,000    740,000                             
      declared dividends per common share attributable to slm corporation
                     22.5 30 30 30 30  60 30 30                                                     
      gains (loss) on derivatives and hedging activities
                         12,352,000 -15,000                                                        
      losses on sales of securities
                                   -1,549,000                                               
      dividends per common share attributable to slm corporation
                               60 30                  150,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 125,000 125,000 125,000                          
      acquired intangible asset amortization expense
                                 69,000 92,000 92,000 92,000 118,000 117,000 117,000 117,000 159,000 226,000 261,000 260,000 277,500 370,000                                    
      losses on derivatives and hedging activities
                                   -5,268,000     -5,378,000                                          
      other interest expense
                                        1,000    2,000                                      
      restructuring and other reorganization expenses
                                             -913,000 910,000 1,000,000 10,311,000 14,000,000 26,000,000 12,000,000 24,000,000                              
      other
                                           13,683,000 21,028,000 12,561,000 10,455,000    6,000,000 9,000,000 24,000,000 90,000,000 52,000,000 3,000,000 -2,000,000 1,000,000 3,188,000 21,745,000 111,452,750 90,502,000 164,899,000 190,410,000 187,922,000 150,006,000 399,065,000 192,458,000 96,719,000 93,096,000 108,728,000 93,533,000  92,954,000 106,684,000 89,004,000 96,433,000 103,927,000 87,923,000 66,557,000  62,319,000 
      expenses:
                                                                                  
      total expenses
                                           95,038,000 93,145,000 84,702,000 94,144,000 91,000,000 88,482,000 87,000,000 396,000,000 273,000,000 286,000,000 274,000,000 268,000,000 251,000,000 247,000,000 292,000,000 276,376,000 312,825,000 -855,457,000 999,969,000 364,186,000 354,302,000 320,990,000 322,212,000 319,615,000 306,256,000 286,216,000 377,660,000 400,428,000 376,326,000           
      net income attributable to slm corporation
                                            65,915,000 89,845,000 45,724,000  20,219,000 83,000,000 219,000,000 260,000,000 543,000,000 346,000,000 348,000,000 188,000,000 292,000,000    20,752,750 -494,947,000 337,818,000 240,140,000 309,134,000 159,110,000 -122,720,000                
      less: provisions for loan losses
                                             14,918,250 27,497,000 15,000,000 30,529,000 15,000,000 185,000,000 207,000,000 201,000,000 241,000,000 314,000,000 270,000,000 243,000,000 409,000,000 290,686,000 303,405,000 -799,469,000 358,110,000 382,239,000 359,120,000 269,442,000 321,127,000 278,112,000 250,279,000 252,415,000 186,909,000 143,015,000 137,311,000  574,178,000 142,600,000 148,200,000       
      net interest income after provisions for loan losses
                                             113,745,000 147,945,000 153,000,000 119,950,000 129,000,000 581,000,000 592,000,000 583,000,000 554,000,000 518,000,000 549,000,000 503,000,000 476,000,000 577,721,000 594,561,000 -66,864,000 513,824,000 513,683,000 495,357,000 329,344,000 204,049,000 105,589,000 -35,216,000 -41,856,000 287,840,000 259,528,000 139,058,000  -239,707,000 298,710,000 250,453,000       
      noninterest income:
                                                                                  
      total noninterest income
                                             27,648,750 9,908,000 89,000,000 12,284,000 96,000,000                                 
      less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                    -1,000,000   -1,000,000 -1,000,000                          
      operating expenses
                                               90,000,000 49,000,000 72,000,000                                 
      acquired intangible asset impairment and amortization expense
                                                -710,000 1,000,000                                 
      ffelp loans
                                                  646,000,000 698,000,000 703,000,000 735,000,000 792,000,000 840,000,000 777,000,000 858,000,000 849,275,000 877,378,000                       
      private education loans
                                                  644,000,000 635,000,000 627,000,000 623,000,000 625,000,000 615,000,000 616,000,000 609,000,000 600,423,000 603,933,000 -980,387,000 610,893,000 575,340,000 565,154,000 406,115,000 396,339,000 393,019,000 387,041,000 439,137,000 445,572,000 409,323,000 443,522,000  395,962,000 392,737,000 329,351,000 338,421,000 291,425,000 254,747,000 233,696,000  129,616,000 
      other loans
                                                  3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 5,393,000 5,911,000 -49,440,000 7,190,000 7,254,000 8,996,000 10,075,000 11,042,000 18,468,000 16,420,000 18,161,000 19,874,000 21,355,000 23,344,000  25,427,000 25,990,000 26,453,000 27,973,000 26,556,000 24,550,000 23,541,000  20,153,000 
      cash and investments
                                                  3,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 4,743,000 5,339,000 4,719,500 7,630,000 6,299,000 4,949,000 6,168,000 6,881,000 7,044,000 5,971,000 24,773,000 57,154,000 70,521,000 123,816,000  240,846,000 211,303,000 141,524,000 113,904,000 141,155,000 141,083,000 124,954,000  62,049,000 
      other income:
                                                                                  
      gains on sales of loans and investments
                                                    251,000,000                              
      losses on derivative and hedging activities
                                                  -8,000,000 -127,000,000  -31,000,000 -28,000,000 -233,000,000    -241,882,000                      -34,251,000 
      servicing revenue
                                                  61,000,000 83,000,000 89,000,000 96,000,000 93,000,000 94,000,000 92,000,000 95,000,000 92,600,000 98,252,000                       
      contingency revenue
                                                  111,000,000 104,000,000 109,000,000 99,000,000 95,000,000 85,000,000 87,000,000 84,000,000 85,617,000 78,381,000                       
      gains on debt repurchases
                                                    19,000,000 23,000,000 43,000,000 44,000,000 20,000,000  323,000 37,903,000                       
      total other income
                                                  170,000,000 69,000,000 510,000,000 277,000,000 255,000,000 -7,000,000 203,000,000 -300,000,000 -328,060,000 -5,601,000 -811,067,000 -139,510,000 384,557,000 255,020,000 700,875,000 351,834,000 44,966,000 288,671,000 -41,759,000 -171,996,000 562,636,000 70,911,000  -1,040,944,000 -202,045,000 1,220,238,000 519,860,000 203,102,000 551,172,000 1,134,154,000  374,098,000 
      salaries and benefits
                                                  142,000,000 128,000,000 134,000,000 138,000,000 122,000,000 122,000,000 120,000,000 138,000,000 125,139,000 135,441,000 107,429,000 139,099,000 140,233,000 150,385,000 130,362,000 142,435,000 139,419,000 136,921,000 105,095,000 157,408,000 167,788,000 179,729,000  210,140,000 185,741,000 191,632,000 186,350,000 179,233,000 179,910,000 168,727,000  146,932,000 
      goodwill and acquired intangible asset impairment and amortization expense
                                                  4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000                              
      income from continuing operations, before income tax expense
                                                  355,000,000 388,000,000 807,000,000    459,000,000 -116,000,000 -26,715,000 276,135,000 -22,474,000 -625,655,000 534,054,000 396,075,000                   
      net income from continuing operations
                                                  219,000,000 252,000,000 507,000,000  347,000,000 187,000,000 291,000,000 -70,000,000 -17,130,000 176,424,000 -27,134,000 -498,097,000 337,951,000 240,280,000                   
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax expense
                                                   8,000,000 35,000,000     23,000,000 11,482,000                        
      basic earnings per common share attributable to slm corporation:
                                                                                  
      continuing operations
                                                  500,000 560,000 1,140,000  740,000 390,000 590,000 -140,000 -40 320 229,950 -1,070 660 460                   
      discontinued operations
                                                   20,000 80,000     40,000 20  329,990 10                     
      total
                                                  500,000 580,000 1,220,000  740,000 390,000 590,000 -100,000 -20 320 559,940 -1,060 660 460                   
      diluted earnings per common share attributable to slm corporation:
                                                                                  
      gains on derivative and hedging activities
                                                    18,000,000    6,000,000 -480,000,000 -509,788,000  -82,888,000 -344,458,000 95,316,000 -82,410,000 -35,209,000 -111,556,000 -561,795,000 104,025,000 -292,903,000 -241,757,000 362,043,000 -272,796,000  -1,337,703,000 -487,478,000 821,566,000 -356,969,000 -244,521,000 -130,855,000 122,719,000   
      goodwill and acquired intangible assets impairment and amortization expense
                                                     4,000,000 14,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 6,063,000 6,064,000 -66,090,000 669,668,000                     
      income from continuing operations before income tax expense
                                                      232,000,000 291,000,000                           
      gains on sales of loans and securities
                                                            34,255,000 1,607,000 -3,515,000 8,653,000 271,084,000 12,452,000                 
      net income attributable to common stock
                                                         -52,000,000 -9,700,000 170,816,000         -243,333,000 -186,015,000 238,345,000 -132,829,000  -1,644,880,000 -353,034,000 957,315,000 107,060,000 8,847,000 254,251,000 714,991,000  220,509,000 
      basic earnings per common share:
                                                                                  
      diluted earnings per common share:
                                                                                  
      dividends per common share
                                                         100,000 100                  250 250 250 250  190 
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit
                                                           -1,730,000                       
      ffelp stafford and other student loans
                                                            232,178,250 320,234,000 325,042,000 283,437,000 241,640,000 303,192,000 323,939,000 342,816,000 516,204,000 516,116,000 497,598,000 464,476,000  553,313,000 545,618,000 511,300,000 450,762,000 408,727,000 364,621,000 337,090,000   
      ffelp consolidation loans
                                                            409,707,750 564,586,000 550,920,000 523,325,000 450,551,000 481,592,000 460,690,000 489,362,000 741,806,000 830,566,000 769,664,000 836,656,000  1,095,565,000 1,145,473,000 1,087,254,000 1,014,846,000      
      securitization servicing and residual interest revenue
                                                                                  
      contingency fee revenue
                                                            63,059,500 83,746,000 88,181,000 80,311,000 65,500,000 82,200,000 73,368,000 74,815,000 81,626,000 89,418,000 83,790,000 85,306,000           
      collections revenue
                                                            13,070,500 13,097,000 17,219,000 21,966,000 34,834,000 15,580,000 22,068,000 -21,330,000 23,050,000 -170,692,000 26,365,000 57,239,000  76,105,000 52,788,000 77,092,000 65,562,000 57,878,000 57,913,000 67,357,000   
      guarantor servicing fees
                                                            18,635,750 15,996,000 22,457,000 36,090,000 28,695,000 48,087,000 24,772,000 34,008,000 26,199,000 36,848,000 23,663,000 34,653,000  40,980,000 45,935,000 30,273,000 39,241,000 33,089,000 38,848,000 33,256,000  32,540,000 
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                            802,750 3,211,000                     
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                            83,500 61,000 133,000 140,000 157,000 198,000 211,000 281,000               
      net income attributable to slm corporation:
                                                                                  
      continuing operations, net of tax
                                                            19,950,000 -498,158,000 337,818,000 240,140,000                   
      discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                            802,750 3,211,000                     
      basic earnings per common share attributable to slm corporation common shareholders:
                                                                                  
      diluted earnings per common share attributable to slm corporation common shareholders:
                                                                                  
      dividends per common share attributable to slm corporation common shareholders
                                                                                  
      servicing and securitization revenue
                                                                148,049,000 155,065,000 87,488,000 -95,305,000 87,557,000 64,990,000 1,630,000 107,642,000  23,289,000 28,883,000 132,987,000 251,938,000 184,686,000 187,082,000 82,842,000  142,961,000 
      net income before income tax benefit
                                                                2,952,500 233,671,000 -169,060,000                
      income tax benefit
                                                                -971,000 74,363,000  -31,696,000               
      basic earnings per common share attributable to slm corporation common shareholders
                                                                -42.5 250 -320                
      diluted earnings per common share attributable to slm corporation common shareholders
                                                                -42.5 250 -320                
      losses on sales of loans and securities
                                                                    -64,007,000 -43,899,000 -43,583,000            
      loss before income tax benefit
                                                                   -52,801,000               
      net loss attributable to slm corporation
                                                                   -21,386,000               
      net loss attributable to slm corporation common stock
                                                                   -47,781,000               
      basic loss per common share attributable to slm corporation common shareholders
                                                                   -100               
      diluted loss per common share attributable to slm corporation common shareholders
                                                                   -100               
      gains on student loan securitizations
                                                                            367,300,000  201,132,000 671,262,000  49,894,000 
      income before income taxes and minority interest in net earnings of subsidiaries
                                                                    -369,831,000 -261,816,000 421,736,000 -166,357,000  -1,721,625,000 -259,234,000 1,071,891,000 427,172,000 130,320,000 468,257,000 1,106,961,000  412,044,000 
      income before minority interest in net earnings of subsidiaries
                                                                    -215,490,000 -157,997,000 268,662,000 -103,869,000  -1,634,721,000 -343,683,000 967,167,000 117,158,000 18,568,000 264,571,000 725,133,000  225,578,000 
      minority interest in net earnings of subsidiaries
                                                                    527,000 544,000 2,926,000 -65,000  537,000 77,000 696,000 1,005,000 463,000 1,099,000 1,355,000  2,194,000 
      losses on loans and securities
                                                                       -34,666,000  -28,441,000 -25,163,000 -10,921,000       
      debt management fees
                                                                         60,966,250 76,306,000 80,237,000 87,322,000 92,501,000 122,556,000 90,161,000   
      income taxes
                                                                         124,796,750 84,449,000 104,724,000 310,014,000 111,752,000 203,686,000 381,828,000  186,466,000 
      less: provisions for losses
                                                                            150,330,000 92,005,000 67,242,000 67,396,000  46,523,000 
      net interest income after provisions for losses
                                                                            263,486,000 279,965,000 270,579,000 289,409,000  300,237,000 
      consolidation loans
                                                                             644,754,250 916,091,000 841,591,000   
      short-term debt
                                                                             40,543,000 57,414,000 55,523,000  30,206,000 
      long-term debt
                                                                             874,487,500 1,305,857,000 1,148,544,000  534,006,000 
      federally insured student loans
                                                                                 699,154,000 
      debt management fees and collections revenue
                                                                                 120,635,000 
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        assets
                                                                                   
        cash and cash equivalents
      5,157,453,000 4,241,265,000 3,539,341,000 4,092,465,000 3,695,076,000 4,700,366,000 4,489,539,000 5,262,448,000 3,584,013,000 4,149,838,000 3,548,225,000 3,875,758,000 3,716,379,000 4,616,117,000 4,846,754,000 3,649,651,000 3,262,595,000 4,334,603,000 2,717,752,000 4,497,310,000 6,207,001,000 4,455,292,000 4,351,045,000 4,988,961,000 7,292,929,000 5,563,877,000 3,851,608,000 3,998,514,000 2,156,257,000 2,559,106,000 1,839,054,000 2,043,789,000 1,435,649,000 1,534,339,000 1,247,764,000 1,318,168,000 1,077,576,000 1,918,793,000 1,454,938,000 1,042,915,000 938,480,000 2,416,219,000 1,281,797,000 1,278,863,000 875,622,000 2,359,780,000 1,570,378,000 1,524,176,000 3,742,000,000 3,685,000,000 3,900,000,000 3,020,000,000 3,523,000,000 4,144,734,000  4,342,327,000 5,875,510,000 6,267,039,000 6,840,902,000 6,070,013,000 5,186,998,000 6,139,957,000 3,063,801,000 4,070,002,000 3,895,854,000 5,123,201,000 3,822,028,000 4,070,002,000 7,582,031,000 7,794,954,000 2,680,223,000 3,679,108,000 2,621,222,000 2,389,752,000 3,387,616,000  735,869,000 
        investments:
                                                                                   
        trading investments at fair value
      45,817,000 49,250,000 51,963,000 49,600,000 53,732,000 53,262,000 54,840,000 60,473,000 58,166,000 54,481,000 52,561,000 52,146,000 51,342,000 55,903,000 52,450,000 47,707,000 38,820,000 37,465,000 36,792,000 35,908,000 30,594,000 16,923,000 14,651,000 14,261,000 11,360,000                                                     
        available-for-sale investments at fair value
      1,744,224,000 1,758,070,000 1,775,784,000 1,650,656,000 1,656,977,000 1,933,226,000 2,022,605,000 2,283,262,000 2,271,108,000 2,411,622,000 2,315,978,000 2,372,846,000 2,311,062,000 2,342,089,000 2,427,540,000 2,566,556,000 2,341,551,000 2,517,956,000 2,505,372,000 2,072,309,000 2,115,885,000 1,996,634,000 2,090,707,000 2,020,948,000 614,582,000 487,669,000 455,968,000 331,541,000 207,907,000 176,245,000 172,370,000 178,145,000 229,114,000 244,088,000 232,549,000 229,479,000 216,896,000 208,603,000 213,176,000 206,785,000 203,597,000 195,391,000 190,944,000 173,845,000 170,831,000 168,934,000 153,893,000 149,399,000                              
        other investments
      112,442,000 115,394,000 117,211,000 95,060,000 97,960,000 112,377,000 114,210,000 107,064,000 89,765,000 91,567,000 94,068,000 95,771,000 98,067,000 94,716,000 136,803,000 137,580,000 139,108,000 140,037,000 140,725,000 141,400,000 79,679,000 80,794,000 81,231,000 81,967,000 82,853,000 84,420,000 85,500,000                                                   
        total investments
      1,902,483,000 1,922,714,000 1,944,958,000 1,795,316,000 1,808,669,000 2,098,865,000 2,191,655,000 2,450,799,000 2,419,039,000 2,557,670,000 2,462,607,000 2,520,763,000 2,460,471,000 2,492,708,000 2,616,793,000 2,751,843,000 2,519,479,000 2,695,458,000 2,682,889,000 2,249,617,000 2,226,158,000 2,094,351,000 2,186,589,000 2,117,176,000 708,795,000 572,089,000 541,468,000                      787,000,000 1,006,000,000 1,082,000,000 1,103,000,000 1,427,000,000 1,139,409,000  956,424,000 1,117,111,000 1,413,077,000 1,401,059,000 2,013,828,000 1,834,810,000 2,072,482,000 684,391,000 1,041,405,000 1,117,729,000 2,789,681,000 1,496,478,000 1,041,405,000 2,964,380,000 4,245,047,000 1,885,383,000 2,437,060,000 2,563,451,000 1,858,887,000 2,816,846,000  2,499,165,000 
        loans held for investment
      19,886,735,000 20,332,124,000 21,615,067,000 21,160,332,000 21,091,204,000 20,902,158,000 20,459,933,000 18,915,333,000 20,200,789,000 20,306,357,000 20,899,181,000 19,219,518,000 21,087,563,000 19,626,868,000 19,622,302,000 19,201,328,000 21,291,675,000 20,341,283,000 21,281,527,000 20,115,144,000 20,368,287,000 19,183,143,000 21,709,771,000 21,163,931,000 21,695,851,000 24,667,792,000 24,716,664,000 23,268,646,000 23,498,386,000 22,270,919,000 21,978,903,000 20,308,581,000 20,166,604,000 18,567,641,000 18,040,465,000 16,560,426,000 16,562,210,000 15,137,922,000 14,760,504,000 13,245,426,000 13,108,425,000 11,630,591,000 11,909,148,000 10,422,908,000 10,909,014,000 9,509,786,000 9,095,373,000 8,793,971,000                              
        loans held for sale
      236,049,000 933,256,000     485,701,000      26,202,000 29,448,000 28,880,000       2,885,640,000                                                        
        restricted cash
      223,923,000 177,263,000 193,143,000 163,761,000 173,485,000 173,894,000 170,984,000 142,230,000 147,809,000 149,669,000 175,061,000 150,585,000 181,764,000 156,719,000 177,917,000 147,104,000 187,960,000 210,741,000 175,473,000 163,955,000 164,708,000 154,417,000 162,448,000 115,192,000 189,439,000 156,883,000 142,846,000 141,441,000 153,552,000 122,789,000 115,658,000 114,659,000 120,084,000                                             
        other interest-earning assets
      101,000 120,000 838,000 2,102,000 3,383,000 4,880,000 5,820,000 6,362,000 7,572,000 9,229,000 11,087,000 11,952,000 13,031,000 11,162,000 11,025,000 10,183,000 9,327,000 9,655,000 11,890,000 18,115,000 23,592,000 42,874,000 53,808,000 74,902,000 92,968,000 52,564,000 74,670,000 65,187,000 31,921,000 27,157,000 32,071,000 28,385,000 31,637,000 21,586,000 31,303,000 48,526,000 50,342,000 49,114,000 47,283,000 53,555,000 58,451,000 54,845,000 47,604,000 55,260,000 62,383,000 77,283,000 52,191,000 45,417,000                              
        accrued interest receivable
      1,532,051,000 1,562,811,000 1,690,102,000 1,695,698,000 1,553,979,000 1,546,590,000 1,537,594,000 1,391,081,000 1,386,487,000 1,379,904,000 1,457,323,000 1,300,136,000 1,331,017,000 1,202,059,000 1,223,647,000 1,192,610,000 1,259,145,000 1,205,667,000 1,403,146,000 1,323,448,000 1,264,960,000 1,387,305,000 1,472,602,000 1,392,677,000 1,281,746,000 1,392,725,000 1,510,458,000 1,401,618,000 1,299,496,000 1,191,981,000 1,270,026,000 1,161,161,000 1,063,449,000 967,482,000 1,019,735,000 926,270,000 838,461,000 766,106,000 805,647,000 719,875,000 650,813,000 564,496,000 634,423,000 562,239,000 541,355,000 469,697,000 453,522,000 453,461,000                              
        premises and equipment
      121,546,000 122,193,000 119,286,000 117,821,000 117,426,000 119,354,000 122,972,000 126,440,000 127,414,000 129,501,000 132,622,000 134,895,000 137,890,000 140,728,000 144,031,000 146,814,000 148,154,000 150,516,000 153,334,000 153,969,000 155,425,000 154,670,000 148,773,000 147,738,000 143,622,000 134,749,000 135,208,000 129,658,000 130,536,000 105,504,000 105,058,000 101,335,000 97,211,000 89,748,000 88,975,000 88,978,000 87,982,000 87,063,000 86,721,000 86,512,000 81,261,000 81,273,000 80,224,000 80,432,000 79,822,000 78,470,000 78,806,000 77,833,000                              
        goodwill and acquired intangible assets
      59,234,000 59,974,000 60,767,000 61,612,000 62,510,000 63,532,000 64,877,000 66,102,000 67,496,000 68,711,000 127,723,000 113,756,000 116,001,000 118,273,000 120,570,000 122,850,000 125,267,000                                421,000,000 444,000,000 448,000,000 467,000,000 484,000,000 479,917,000  478,409,000 488,220,000 1,157,888,000 1,167,599,000 1,177,310,000 1,224,272,000 1,233,871,000 1,239,556,000 1,249,219,000 1,259,541,000 1,304,941,000 1,319,723,000 1,249,219,000 1,300,689,000 1,354,141,000 1,356,620,000 1,364,016,000 1,371,606,000 1,333,123,000 1,080,703,000 39 1,014,986,000 
        income taxes receivable
      261,310,000 347,260,000 405,082,000 454,837,000 338,292,000 425,625,000 428,778,000 351,126,000 277,733,000 366,247,000 409,658,000 325,063,000 337,177,000 380,058,000 305,836,000 225,073,000 215,217,000 239,578,000 320,136,000 349,107,000 169,655,000 374,706,000 505,208,000 340,779,000 286,006,000 88,844,000 108,743,000 93,489,000  41,570,000 22,102,000                                               
        other assets
      28,706,000 47,315,000 36,838,000 58,973,000 55,160,000 36,846,000 54,914,000 56,923,000 58,930,000 52,342,000 46,787,000 53,075,000 43,548,000 34,073,000 32,941,000 43,049,000 24,855,000 26,351,000 32,506,000 41,668,000 32,541,000 19,533,000 23,921,000 42,629,000 41,812,000 29,398,000 40,324,000 116,207,000 92,446,000 103,695,000 101,000,000 99,651,000 93,332,000 84,853,000 74,258,000 45,841,000 47,855,000 52,153,000 62,545,000 80,239,000 70,493,000 55,482,000 77,980,000 70,019,000 64,485,000 64,757,000 53,375,000 60,643,000 6,936,000,000 7,463,000,000 8,273,000,000 8,485,000,000 9,447,000,000 10,129,933,000  8,970,272,000 10,653,449,000 8,584,404,000 9,767,040,000 9,500,358,000 11,299,006,000 10,025,129,000 9,698,331,000 11,140,777,000 10,399,220,000 12,907,154,000 13,335,811,000 11,140,777,000 10,747,107,000 8,835,025,000 7,327,108,000 6,102,275,000 5,585,943,000 4,605,014,000 4,650,851,000 -579 4,075,267,000 
        total assets
      29,409,591,000 29,746,295,000 29,605,422,000 29,602,917,000 28,899,184,000 30,072,110,000 30,012,767,000 28,768,844,000 28,277,282,000 29,169,468,000 29,273,219,000 27,708,403,000 29,453,901,000 28,811,029,000 29,139,088,000 27,498,773,000 29,051,829,000 29,221,899,000 28,791,139,000 28,925,175,000 30,628,005,000 30,770,423,000 30,642,421,000 30,412,110,000 31,760,895,000 32,686,479,000 31,160,215,000 29,585,226,000 27,613,625,000 26,638,173,000 25,691,183,000 24,189,176,000 23,406,322,000 21,779,584,000 21,016,170,000 19,513,296,000 19,236,501,000 18,533,003,000 17,745,613,000 15,629,929,000 15,324,773,000 15,214,098,000 14,450,544,000 12,874,961,000 12,933,524,000 12,972,243,000 11,714,952,000 11,379,339,000 156,472,000,000 174,086,000,000 181,260,000,000 189,079,000,000 197,544,000,000 200,356,599,000 201,012,000,000 205,307,049,000 206,106,774,000 207,318,712,000 207,513,085,000 169,985,298,000 186,443,924,000 181,183,795,000 171,551,311,000 168,768,437,000 164,991,094,000 163,562,241,000 159,172,992,000 168,768,437,000 155,564,991,000 150,815,390,000 132,802,282,000 126,876,466,000 116,135,732,000 107,052,697,000 101,906,665,000 15,245 83,796,953,000 
        liabilities
                                                                                   
        deposits
      20,525,486,000 21,060,151,000 20,012,108,000 20,481,952,000 20,073,168,000 21,068,568,000 21,445,457,000 20,744,030,000 20,903,456,000 21,653,188,000 21,550,745,000 20,361,485,000 21,803,666,000 21,448,071,000 21,276,748,000 19,979,721,000 21,194,026,000 20,828,124,000 20,890,860,000 21,124,376,000 22,803,143,000 22,666,039,000 23,109,923,000 23,592,119,000 24,445,614,000 24,283,983,000 22,628,677,000 21,178,134,000 19,663,986,000 18,943,158,000 17,873,293,000 16,745,957,000 16,498,646,000 15,505,383,000 15,034,052,000 13,794,815,000 13,361,871,000 13,435,667,000 12,941,345,000 11,900,083,000 11,543,355,000 11,487,707,000 10,610,879,000 10,340,605,000 10,467,753,000 10,540,555,000 9,173,022,000 8,890,209,000                              
        short-term borrowings
      498,889,000 498,415,000                 199,583,000 199,379,000      289,230,000 297,800,000        300,000,000    350,000,000  526,500,000 500,175,000 710,005,000      11,626,000,000 17,254,000,000 19,856,000,000 24,493,000,000 31,745,000,000 30,765,693,000 33,076,900,000 33,615,856,000 45,388,432,000 46,472,435,000 41,102,389,000 30,896,811,000 53,406,554,000 47,331,576,000    37,191,756,000 38,095,928,000  35,947,407,000 33,008,374,000 9,758,465,000 4,428,980,000 3,528,263,000 3,669,842,000 3,801,266,000 1,603 5,516,177,000 
        long-term borrowings
      5,670,293,000 5,362,494,000 6,838,995,000 6,410,978,000 6,147,473,000 6,440,345,000 6,036,527,000 5,403,012,000 4,976,882,000 5,227,512,000 5,515,532,000 5,213,698,000 5,513,976,000 5,235,114,000 5,522,311,000 5,219,310,000 5,552,497,000 5,930,990,000 5,219,748,000 4,989,060,000 4,918,670,000 5,189,217,000 4,947,647,000 4,449,767,000 4,708,036,000 4,354,037,000 4,601,888,000 4,862,763,000 4,476,406,000 4,284,304,000 4,532,221,000 4,217,119,000 3,744,345,000 3,275,270,000 2,738,662,000 2,872,231,000 2,837,347,000 2,167,979,000 1,577,689,000 1,038,029,000 558,513,000 579,101,000 593,687,000      136,177,000,000 147,887,000,000 152,401,000,000 155,476,000,000 156,810,000,000 160,765,277,000 1,595,691,320,000 163,543,504,000 153,003,935,000 152,250,912,000 157,983,266,000 130,546,272,000 124,647,818,000 125,880,044,000 116,669,381,000 118,224,794,000 118,069,878,000 117,920,836,000 112,485,060,000 118,224,794,000 111,098,144,000 108,860,988,000 114,365,577,000 114,070,797,000 104,558,531,000 94,816,563,000 90,506,785,000 12,204  
        other liabilities
      277,291,000 373,877,000 413,021,000 335,000,000 277,687,000 403,277,000 397,033,000 338,564,000 283,205,000 407,971,000 407,718,000 326,856,000 309,164,000 400,874,000 357,801,000 322,932,000 261,099,000 313,074,000 349,687,000 308,982,000 297,728,000 352,332,000 384,405,000 353,305,000 299,559,000 254,731,000 256,010,000 246,337,000 214,908,000 224,951,000 219,158,000 187,398,000 175,316,000 179,310,000 180,118,000 121,078,000 118,427,000 141,934,000 157,980,000 154,875,000 146,171,000 108,746,000 137,420,000 102,750,000 120,409,000 117,227,000 143,790,000 126,239,000 3,071,000,000 3,791,000,000 3,937,000,000 4,172,000,000 4,207,000,000 3,814,390,000  3,136,111,000 3,140,330,000 3,508,617,000 3,671,734,000 3,263,593,000 3,400,527,000 3,120,636,000 3,586,610,000 3,604,260,000 3,297,998,000 2,905,165,000 3,377,229,000 3,604,260,000 3,284,545,000 3,934,267,000 3,320,098,000 3,990,878,000 3,679,781,000 4,053,931,000 3,229,477,000 811 2,901,843,000 
        total liabilities
      26,971,959,000 27,294,937,000 27,264,124,000 27,227,930,000 26,498,328,000 27,912,190,000 27,879,017,000 26,485,606,000 26,163,543,000 27,288,671,000 27,473,995,000 25,902,039,000 27,626,806,000 27,084,059,000 27,156,860,000 25,521,963,000 27,007,622,000 27,072,188,000 26,659,878,000 26,621,797,000 28,019,541,000 28,207,588,000 28,441,975,000 28,395,191,000 29,640,312,000 29,374,643,000 27,977,083,000 26,487,910,000 24,566,091,000 23,665,517,000 22,850,848,000 21,460,474,000 20,796,489,000 19,305,328,000 18,594,330,000 17,175,586,000 16,801,145,000 16,185,945,000 15,486,117,000 13,433,018,000 13,180,848,000 13,117,775,000 12,453,210,000 10,912,788,000 11,067,611,000 11,142,285,000 9,896,524,000 9,641,075,000 150,874,000,000 168,932,000,000 176,194,000,000 184,141,000,000 192,762,000,000 195,345,360,000  200,295,471,000 201,532,697,000 202,231,964,000 202,757,389,000 164,706,676,000 181,454,899,000 176,332,256,000 166,587,452,000 163,762,097,000 159,635,429,000 158,017,757,000 153,958,217,000 163,762,097,000 150,330,096,000 145,803,629,000 127,444,140,000 122,490,655,000 111,766,575,000 102,540,336,000 97,537,528,000 14,618 80,659,102,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                   
        equity
                                                                                   
        preferred stock, par value 0.20 per share, 20 million shares authorized:
                                                                                   
        series b: 2.5 million and 2.5 million shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 100 per share
      251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000 251,070,000                                                         
        common stock
      89,086,000 88,650,000 88,637,000 88,592,000 88,566,000 88,121,000 88,106,000 88,056,000 88,032,000 87,647,000 87,639,000 87,599,000 87,530,000 87,025,000 87,022,000 87,021,000 86,922,000 86,403,000 86,403,000 86,302,000 86,211,000 91,346,000 91,319,000 91,317,000 91,288,000 90,720,000 90,707,000 90,702,000 90,666,000 89,972,000 89,962,000 89,882,000 89,805,000 88,693,000 88,458,000 88,373,000 88,075,000 87,327,000 86,881,000 86,769,000 86,684,000 86,136,000 86,075,000 86,003,000 85,587,000 84,961,000 84,777,000 84,659,000 110,000,000 108,000,000 107,000,000 107,000,000 106,000,000 105,725,000  119,053,000 110,758,000 110,715,000 110,682,000 110,444,000 108,362,000 106,969,000 106,940,000 106,883,000 106,884,000 106,802,000 106,736,000 106,883,000 106,499,000 87,932,000 87,219,000 86,918,000 86,623,000 86,318,000 86,151,000  96,984,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      1,224,442,000 1,240,250,000 1,231,189,000 1,218,580,000 1,209,017,000 1,193,753,000 1,185,187,000 1,173,735,000 1,163,838,000 1,148,689,000 1,140,599,000 1,129,537,000 1,121,082,000 1,109,072,000 1,101,761,000 1,095,296,000 1,086,852,000 1,074,384,000 1,068,059,000 1,058,698,000 1,052,904,000 1,331,247,000 1,243,482,000 1,234,450,000 1,226,886,000 1,307,630,000 1,301,628,000 1,296,409,000 1,290,683,000 1,274,635,000 1,268,763,000 1,260,201,000 1,252,609,000 1,222,277,000 1,213,198,000 1,205,037,000 1,191,466,000 1,175,564,000 1,157,248,000 1,149,783,000 1,142,502,000 1,135,860,000 1,128,494,000 1,120,923,000 1,106,415,000 1,090,511,000 1,078,501,000 1,071,916,000 4,461,000,000 4,291,000,000 4,237,000,000 4,196,000,000 4,127,000,000 4,114,266,000  5,939,838,000 5,127,313,000 5,122,583,000 5,106,094,000 5,090,891,000 4,862,071,000 4,709,053,000 4,694,155,000 4,684,112,000 4,665,614,000 4,637,731,000 4,610,278,000 4,684,112,000 4,590,174,000 2,847,748,000 2,721,554,000 2,638,334,000 2,565,211,000 2,490,851,000 2,440,565,000  1,969,881,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -38,049,000 -40,128,000 -45,167,000 -60,833,000 -55,631,000 -65,861,000 -50,339,000 -78,809,000 -77,291,000 -75,104,000 -101,315,000 -83,564,000 -78,333,000 -93,870,000 -93,477,000 -63,999,000 -39,514,000 -17,897,000 -19,703,000 -21,640,000 -24,077,000 -34,200,000 -38,941,000 -44,071,000           -4,417,000 -7,852,000 -6,691,000 -8,671,000 -27,813,000 -33,853,000 -29,269,000 -16,059,000 -23,515,000 -11,448,000 -20,584,000 -11,393,000    -4,000,000 -6,000,000 -10,000,000 -20,000,000 -29,636,000  -44,664,000 -44,159,000 -43,333,000 -42,511,000 -40,825,000 -44,143,000 -48,683,000 -70,450,000               
        retained earnings
      5,010,721,000 4,734,313,000 4,531,160,000 4,426,222,000 4,386,169,000 4,114,446,000 4,034,640,000 4,107,980,000 3,884,694,000 3,624,859,000 3,485,575,000 3,485,732,000 3,250,478,000 3,163,640,000 3,270,896,000 3,225,610,000 2,913,544,000 2,817,134,000 2,543,411,000 2,480,672,000 2,350,986,000 1,722,365,000 1,302,654,000 1,133,269,000 1,243,722,000 1,850,512,000 1,725,674,000 1,600,855,000 1,480,718,000 1,340,017,000 1,196,895,000 1,096,359,000 990,447,000 868,182,000 824,316,000 750,973,000 684,165,000 595,322,000 530,594,000 478,947,000 426,986,000 366,609,000 281,761,000 240,967,000 154,824,000 113,066,000 98,210,000 20,167,000 2,733,000,000 1,723,000,000 1,451,000,000 1,040,000,000 315,000,000 417,702,000  308,839,000 -122,565,000 391,169,000 72,062,000 604,467,000 346,347,000 229,865,000 378,387,000 426,175,000 669,509,000 855,527,000 617,184,000 426,175,000 557,204,000 2,437,639,000 2,790,674,000 1,833,359,000 1,834,718,000 1,928,204,000 1,775,948,000  2,662,316,000 
        total slm corporation stockholders’ equity before treasury stock
      6,537,270,000 6,274,155,000 6,056,889,000 5,923,631,000 5,879,191,000 5,581,529,000 5,508,664,000 5,542,032,000 5,310,343,000 5,037,161,000 4,863,568,000 4,870,374,000 4,631,827,000 4,516,937,000 4,617,272,000 4,594,998,000 4,298,874,000 4,211,094,000 3,929,240,000 3,855,102,000 3,717,094,000 3,361,828,000 2,998,514,000 2,814,965,000 2,918,622,000 3,636,495,000 3,497,826,000 3,374,387,000 3,264,244,000 3,115,247,000 2,982,632,000 2,869,658,000 2,748,462,000 2,581,900,000 2,521,555,000 2,436,531,000 2,522,015,000 2,414,542,000 2,311,910,000          7,876,000,000 6,683,000,000 6,354,000,000 5,898,000,000 5,093,000,000 5,173,057,000  6,888,066,000 6,446,717,000 6,956,504,000 6,621,697,000 7,140,347,000 6,850,007,000 6,711,974,000 6,823,802,000               
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 256.8 million and 244.0 million shares, respectively
      -4,099,638,000                                                                             
        total equity
      2,437,632,000 2,451,358,000 2,341,298,000 2,374,987,000 2,400,856,000 2,159,920,000 2,133,750,000 2,283,238,000 2,113,739,000 1,880,797,000 1,799,224,000 1,806,364,000 1,827,095,000 1,726,970,000 1,982,228,000 1,976,810,000 2,044,207,000 2,149,711,000 2,131,261,000 2,303,378,000 2,608,464,000 2,562,835,000 2,200,446,000 2,016,919,000 2,120,583,000 3,311,836,000 3,183,132,000 3,097,316,000 3,047,534,000 2,972,656,000 2,840,335,000 2,728,702,000 2,609,833,000 2,474,256,000 2,421,840,000 2,337,710,000 2,435,356,000 2,347,058,000 2,259,496,000 2,196,911,000 2,143,925,000 2,096,323,000 1,997,334,000 1,962,173,000 1,865,913,000 1,829,958,000 1,818,428,000 1,738,264,000 5,598,000,000 5,154,000,000 5,066,000,000 4,938,000,000 4,782,000,000 5,011,239,000  5,011,578,000 4,574,077,000 5,086,748,000 4,755,696,000 5,278,622,000 4,989,025,000 4,851,539,000 4,963,859,000               
        total liabilities and equity
      29,409,591,000 29,746,295,000 29,605,422,000 29,602,917,000 28,899,184,000 30,072,110,000 30,012,767,000 28,768,844,000 28,277,282,000 29,169,468,000 29,273,219,000 27,708,403,000 29,453,901,000 28,811,029,000 29,139,088,000 27,498,773,000 29,051,829,000 29,221,899,000 28,791,139,000 28,925,175,000 30,628,005,000 30,770,423,000 30,642,421,000 30,412,110,000 31,760,895,000 32,686,479,000 31,160,215,000 29,585,226,000 27,613,625,000 26,638,173,000 25,691,183,000 24,189,176,000 23,406,322,000 21,779,584,000 21,016,170,000 19,513,296,000 19,236,501,000 18,533,003,000 17,745,613,000 15,629,929,000 15,324,773,000 15,214,098,000 14,450,544,000 12,874,961,000 12,933,524,000 12,972,243,000 11,714,952,000 11,379,339,000 156,472,000,000 174,086,000,000 181,260,000,000 189,079,000,000 197,544,000,000 200,356,599,000  205,307,049,000 206,106,774,000 207,318,712,000 207,513,085,000  186,443,924,000 181,183,795,000 171,551,311,000               
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 244.0 million and 230.2 million shares, respectively
       -3,822,797,000                                                                            
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 240.1 million and 230.2 million shares, respectively
        -3,715,591,000                                                                           
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 234.5 million and 230.2 million shares, respectively
         -3,548,644,000                                                                          
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 232.1 million and 230.2 million shares, respectively
          -3,478,335,000                                                                         
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 230.2 million and 217.9 million shares, respectively
           -3,421,609,000                                                                        
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 228.2 million and 217.9 million shares, respectively
            -3,374,914,000                                                                       
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 222.8 million and 217.9 million shares, respectively
             -3,258,794,000                                                                      
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 219.9 million and 217.9 million shares, respectively
              -3,196,604,000                                                                     
        tax indemnification receivable
                2,945,000 2,902,000 2,858,000 2,816,000 8,392,000 8,268,000 8,155,000 8,047,000 12,486,000 12,842,000 15,678,000 18,492,000 28,256,000 28,125,000 27,727,000 27,558,000 38,226,000 38,925,000 43,124,000 39,207,000 54,941,000 153,470,000 169,242,000 168,011,000 214,496,000 233,142,000 261,033,000 259,532,000 276,543,000 160,325,000 187,156,000 186,076,000 200,704,000 228,910,000 227,157,000 240,311,000 253,681,000 270,198,000                              
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 217.9 million and 194.4 million shares, respectively
               -3,156,364,000                                                                    
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 211.9 million and 194.4 million shares, respectively
                -3,064,344,000 -3,064,010,000                                                                  
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 195.4 million and 194.4 million shares, respectively
                  -2,804,732,000                                                                 
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 194.4 million and 153.1 million shares, respectively
                   -2,789,967,000                                                                
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 184.9 million and 153.1 million shares, respectively
                    -2,635,044,000                                                               
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 183.7 million and 153.1 million shares, respectively
                     -2,618,188,000                                                              
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 163.5 million and 153.1 million shares, respectively
                      -2,254,667,000                                                             
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 153.1 million and 81.4 million shares, respectively
                       -2,061,383,000                                                            
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 138.8 million and 81.4 million shares, respectively
                        -1,797,979,000                                                           
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 125.7 million and 81.4 million shares, respectively
                         -1,551,724,000                                                          
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 102.7 million and 81.4 million shares, respectively
                          -1,108,630,000                                                         
        upromise member accounts
                              187,103,000 192,662,000 192,708,000 200,676,000 203,780,000 213,104,000 226,176,000 230,228,000 233,015,000 243,080,000 245,094,000 247,324,000 249,086,000 256,041,000                                        
        series b: 2.5 million and 4 million shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 100 per share
                           251,070,000                                                        
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 81.4 million and 32.5 million shares, respectively
                           -798,993,000 -798,068,000                                                       
        series b: 4 million and 4 million shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 100 per share
                            400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000    400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000                          
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 81.3 million and 32.5 million shares, respectively
                             -798,046,000 -798,039,000                                                     
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                              -43,274,000 -12,367,000 -20,183,000 -13,579,000 2,177,000 10,623,000 27,012,000 23,216,000 15,601,000 2,748,000             -1,852,000 -365,000 7,000,000               -76,476,000 46,687,000 61,994,000 -2,394,000 -76,476,000 236,364,000 245,352,000 265,388,000 300,884,000 349,111,000 460,527,000 370,204,000  374,574,000 
        income taxes payable
                                  7,011,000   79,772,000 145,167,000 102,285,000 96,404,000 140,138,000 234,414,000 184,324,000 199,813,000 79,904,000 142,410,000 166,662,000 117,531,000 185,849,000 194,345,000 191,499,000 283,118,000 323,467,000                              
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 32.5 million and 14.2 million shares, respectively
                               -324,659,000                                                    
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 31.3 million and 14.2 million shares, respectively
                                -314,694,000                                                   
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 26.9 million and 14.2 million shares, respectively
                                 -277,071,000                                                  
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 20.9 million and 14.2 million shares, respectively
                                  -216,710,000                                                 
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 14.2 million and 11.1 million shares, respectively
                                   -142,591,000                                                
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 14.1 million and 11.1 million shares, respectively
                                    -142,297,000                                               
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 14.0 million and 11.1 million shares, respectively
                                     -140,956,000                                              
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 13.8 million and 11.1 million shares, respectively
                                      -138,629,000                                             
        restricted cash and investments
                                       101,836,000 66,625,000 62,466,000 94,146,000 53,717,000 38,256,000 34,297,000 24,612,000 27,980,000 25,605,000      3,794,000,000 4,828,000,000 5,011,000,000 6,717,000,000 5,847,000,000 6,074,901,000  6,254,493,000 5,837,546,000 6,252,914,000 6,115,399,000 5,168,871,000 5,760,583,000 5,245,702,000 3,855,546,000 3,535,286,000 3,897,417,000 3,701,454,000 4,170,934,000 3,535,286,000 4,600,106,000 4,999,369,000 4,300,826,000 3,719,020,000 3,423,326,000 3,957,535,000 3,489,542,000 1,089 2,224,354,000 
        series a: 0 and 3.3 million shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 50 per share
                                                                                   
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 11.1 million and 7.7 million shares, respectively
                                       -107,644,000                                            
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 10.4 million and 7.7 million shares, respectively
                                        -99,715,000                                           
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 10.3 million and 7.7 million shares, respectively
                                         -98,821,000                                          
        series a: 3.3 million and 3.3 million shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 50 per share
                                          165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000    165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000                          
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 9.3 million and 7.7 million shares, respectively
                                          -86,659,000                                         
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 7.7 million and 4.4 million shares, respectively
                                           -67,484,000                                        
        upromise related liabilities
                                            259,290,000 260,127,000 263,899,000 275,384,000 283,688,000 283,584,000 285,104,000 293,004,000 296,594,000 301,160,000                              
        preferred stock, par value 0.20 per share, 20 million shares authorized
                                                                                   
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 6.1 million and 4.4 million shares, respectively
                                            -52,414,000                                       
        total slm corporation stockholders' equity before treasury stock
                                             2,246,646,000 2,191,903,000  2,037,815,000 2,001,445,000 1,891,242,000  1,824,636,000 1,741,377,000                              
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 5.8 million and 4.4 million shares, respectively
                                             -49,735,000                                      
        acquired intangible assets
                                              1,485,000 1,745,000 2,115,000 2,485,000 2,855,000 3,225,000 3,733,000 4,241,000                              
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 5.5 million and 4.4 million shares, respectively
                                              -47,978,000                                     
        total slm corporation's stockholders' equity before treasury stock
                                               2,137,546,000    1,842,145,000                                
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 4.4 million and 1.4 million shares, respectively
                                               -41,223,000                                    
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 4 million and 1 million shares, respectively
                                                -40,481,000 -39,272,000                                  
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 3 million and 1 million shares, respectively
                                                  -25,329,000                                 
        series a: 3.3 million and 0 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 50 per share
                                                   165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000                              
        series b: 4 million and 0 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 100 per share
                                                   400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000                              
        navient's subsidiary investment
                                                                                   
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 1 million and 0 shares, respectively
                                                   -12,187,000 -6,208,000                               
        total slm corporation stockholders' equity
                                                   1,829,958,000                                
        noncontrolling interest
                                                      5,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 8,678,000    4,000 19,000 13,000 7,000 5,000 12,000               
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 359 million and 0 shares, respectively
                                                     -3,113,000                              
        ffelp loans
                                                      102,635,000,000 119,195,000,000 125,612,000,000 132,833,000,000 140,659,000,000 142,634,378,000  148,649,400,000                      
        private education loans
                                                      38,157,000,000 37,465,000,000 36,934,000,000 36,454,000,000 36,157,000,000 35,753,327,000 370,066,620,000 35,655,724,000 35,541,640,000 35,150,686,000 35,361,689,000 22,753,462,000 22,494,955,000 21,850,688,000 21,644,579,000 20,582,298,000 19,837,425,000 17,970,556,000 16,977,146,000 20,582,298,000 14,817,725,000 13,675,571,000 11,013,668,000 9,849,481,000 9,755,289,000 8,222,400,000 6,832,843,000 2,337 6,527,022,000 
        investments
                                                                                   
        available-for-sale
                                                      135,000,000 77,000,000 72,000,000 59,000,000 76,000,000 82,647,000  83,048,000 203,125,000 399,456,000 746,556,000 1,273,275,000 984,669,000 1,186,971,000 546,914,000 861,008,000 535,397,000 2,707,676,000 1,412,302,000 861,008,000 2,871,340,000 4,152,071,000 1,795,397,000 2,342,845,000 2,464,121,000 1,719,526,000 2,674,799,000  2,175,566,000 
        other
                                                      652,000,000 929,000,000 1,010,000,000 1,044,000,000 1,351,000,000 1,056,762,000  873,376,000 913,986,000 1,013,621,000 654,503,000 740,553,000 850,141,000 885,511,000 137,477,000 180,397,000 582,332,000 82,005,000 84,176,000 180,397,000 93,040,000 92,976,000 89,986,000 94,215,000 99,330,000 139,361,000 142,047,000  323,599,000 
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 127 million and 116 million shares, respectively
                                                      -2,283,000,000                             
        total slm corporation stockholders’ equity
                                                      5,593,000,000 5,148,000,000 5,060,000,000 4,931,000,000 4,774,000,000 5,002,561,000  5,011,578,000 4,574,077,000 5,086,744,000 4,755,677,000 5,278,609,000 4,989,018,000 4,851,534,000 4,963,847,000               
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 95 million and 83 million shares, respectively
                                                       -1,535,000,000                            
        preferred stock, par value .20 per share, 20 million shares authorized
                                                                                   
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 83 million and 20 million shares, respectively
                                                        -1,294,000,000                           
        less: common stock held in treasury at cost: 63 million and 20 million shares, respectively
                                                         -967,000,000                          
        preferred stock, par value .20 per share, 20 million shares authorized:
                                                                                   
        series a: 3.3 million and 3.3 million shares, respectively, issued at stated value of 50 per share
                                                          165,000,000                         
        series b: 4 million and 4 million shares, respectively, issued at stated value of 100 per share
                                                          400,000,000                         
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 20 million and 68 million shares, respectively
                                                          319,000,000                         
        preferred stock, par value .20 per share, 20,000 shares authorized:
                                                                                   
        series a: 3,300 and 3,300 shares, respectively, issued at stated value of 50 per share
                                                           165,000,000   165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000  165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000  165,000,000 165,000,000 165,000,000           
        series b: 4,000 and 4,000 shares, respectively, issued at stated value of 100 per share
                                                           400,000,000   400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000  400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000  400,000,000 400,000,000 400,000,000           
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 10,474 and 68,320 shares, respectively
                                                           170,496,000                        
        average assets
                                                                                   
        ffelp stafford and other student loans
                                                            555,351,930,000  46,026,138,000 47,280,248,000 47,928,753,000 42,978,874,000 43,257,743,000 44,044,636,000 43,444,179,000 44,025,361,000 48,924,938,000 43,146,711,000 40,168,284,000 44,025,361,000 35,726,062,000 34,108,560,000 31,503,088,000 28,561,670,000 24,840,464,000 22,613,604,000 21,390,845,000 1,023  
        ffelp consolidation loans
                                                            918,462,710,000  79,911,599,000 81,034,596,000 82,177,664,000 68,378,560,000 69,246,231,000 70,102,304,000 70,885,647,000 71,743,435,000 72,565,628,000 73,171,342,000 73,867,639,000 71,743,435,000 73,609,187,000 71,370,681,000 68,109,269,000 66,170,098,000 61,324,008,000     
        other loans
                                                            2,629,170,000    334,879,000 420,233,000 454,557,000 489,180,000 684,913,000 729,380,000 769,923,000 902,684,000 1,140,468,000 729,380,000 1,173,666,000 1,193,405,000 1,178,052,000 1,350,416,000 1,308,832,000 1,257,252,000 1,050,632,000 90 1,094,712,000 
        cash and investments
                                                            11,177,190,000                     -2,107  
        total interest-earning assets
                                                            1,958,263,090,000                       
        non-interest-earning assets
                                                            5,186,000,000                       
        average liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                   
        total interest-bearing liabilities
                                                            1,926,451,250,000                       
        non-interest-bearing liabilities
                                                            3,269,000,000                       
        stockholders’ equity
                                                            5,098,000,000                       
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                            201,012,000,000     169,985,298,000    168,768,437,000 164,991,094,000 163,562,241,000 159,172,992,000 168,768,437,000 155,564,991,000 150,815,390,000 132,802,282,000 126,876,466,000 116,135,732,000 107,052,697,000 101,906,665,000 15,245 83,796,953,000 
        net interest margin
                                                            1,860,000                       
        ffelp stafford loans held-for-sale
                                                              20,655,561,000 20,177,860,000 16,418,101,000 9,695,714,000 23,846,566,000 18,159,232,000 14,399,802,000 8,450,976,000    8,450,976,000          
        retained interest in off-balance sheet securitized loans
                                                                 1,828,075,000 1,838,203,000 1,820,614,000 1,950,566,000 2,200,298,000 2,323,419,000 2,544,517,000 2,874,481,000 2,200,298,000 3,044,038,000 3,238,637,000 3,448,045,000 3,643,322,000 3,341,591,000 3,613,376,000 3,151,855,000 90 2,246,329,000 
        preferred stock, par value .20 per share, 20,000 shares authorized
                                                                                   
        series a: 3,300 and 3,300 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 50 per share
                                                             165,000,000    165,000,000    165,000,000    165,000,000          
        series b: 4,000 and 4,000 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 100 per share
                                                             400,000,000    400,000,000    400,000,000    400,000,000          
        series c, 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock; 0 and 810 shares, respectively, issued at liquidation preference of 1,000 per share
                                                                                   
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 68,320 and 67,222 shares, respectively
                                                             1,876,488,000                      
        series c: 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock; 810 and 810 shares, respectively, issued at liquidation preference of 1,000 per share
                                                              810,370,000 810,370,000 810,370,000                   
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 68,011 and 67,222 shares, respectively
                                                              1,872,640,000                     
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 67,775 and 67,222 shares, respectively
                                                               1,869,760,000                    
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 67,564 and 67,222 shares, respectively
                                                                1,866,020,000                   
        series c, 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock; 810 and 1,150 shares, respectively, issued at liquidation preference of 1,000 per share
                                                                 810,370,000                  
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 67,222 and 66,958 shares, respectively
                                                                 1,861,738,000                  
        series c: 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock; 1,012 and 1,150 shares, respectively, issued at liquidation preference of 1,000 per share
                                                                  1,012,370,000                 
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 67,159 and 66,958 shares, respectively
                                                                  1,860,989,000                 
        series c: 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock; 1,150 and 1,150 shares, respectively, issued at liquidation preference of 1,000 per share
                                                                   1,149,770,000 1,149,770,000               
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 67,128 and 66,958 shares, respectively
                                                                   1,860,440,000                
        ed participation program facility
                                                                    13,529,483,000               
        term bank deposits
                                                                    1,066,171,000 1,147,825,000    1,147,825,000          
        other short-term borrowings
                                                                    31,735,807,000 33,420,249,000 33,968,849,000   33,420,249,000          
        total short-term borrowings
                                                                    46,331,461,000 41,933,043,000 38,267,553,000   41,933,043,000          
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 67,105 and 66,958 shares, respectively
                                                                    1,859,955,000               
        ed participation program
                                                                     7,364,969,000    7,364,969,000          
        minority interest in subsidiaries
                                                                     7,270,000 8,541,000 9,480,000 6,608,000 7,270,000 11,360,000 10,054,000 10,081,000 9,029,000 9,115,000 9,338,000 9,369,000 -63 72,869,000 
        series c, 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock; 1,150 and 1,000 shares, respectively, issued at liquidation preference of 1,000 per share
                                                                     1,149,770,000    1,149,770,000          
        stockholders’ equity before treasury stock
                                                                     6,855,464,000 7,203,464,000 7,377,054,000 7,046,804,000 6,855,464,000 7,055,241,000 6,183,671,000 6,429,835,000 5,424,495,000 5,400,663,000 5,530,900,000 5,237,868,000 -765 5,268,755,000 
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 66,958 and 65,951 shares, respectively
                                                                     1,856,394,000    1,856,394,000          
        total stockholders’ equity
                                                                     4,999,070,000 5,347,124,000 5,535,004,000 5,208,167,000 4,999,070,000 5,223,535,000 5,001,707,000 5,348,061,000 4,376,782,000 4,360,042,000 4,503,023,000 4,359,768,000 690 3,064,982,000 
        ed participation and purchase program facility
                                                                      3,554,618,000             
        bank deposits
                                                                      744,086,000             
        series c: 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock; 1,150 and 1,000 shares, respectively, issued at liquidation preference of 1,000 per share
                                                                      1,149,770,000 1,150,000,000 1,150,000,000           
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 66,952 and 65,951 shares, respectively
                                                                      1,856,340,000             
        common stock held in treasury: 66,445 and 65,951 shares, respectively
                                                                       1,842,050,000            
        common stock held in treasury: 66,301 and 65,951 shares, respectively
                                                                        1,838,637,000           
        preferred stock, par value .20 per share, 20,000 shares authorized: series a: 3,300 and 3,300 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 50 per share; series b: 4,000 and 4,000 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 100 per share
                                                                          565,000,000         
        series c, 7.25% mandatory convertible preferred stock, 1,150 shares authorized; 1,000 and 0 shares issued, respectively, at liquidation preference of 1,000 per share
                                                                          1,000,000,000         
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 65,951 and 22,496 shares, respectively
                                                                          1,831,706,000         
        preferred stock, par value .20 per share, 20,000 shares authorized; series a: 3,300 and 3,300 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 50 per share; series b: 4,000 and 4,000 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 100 per share
                                                                           565,000,000 565,000,000 565,000,000 565,000,000 565,000,000 565,000,000   
        common stock held in treasury: 25,544 and 22,496 shares, respectively
                                                                           1,181,964,000        
        common stock held in treasury: 23,477 and 22,496 shares, respectively
                                                                            1,081,774,000       
        common stock held in treasury: 22,650 and 22,496 shares, respectively
                                                                             1,047,713,000      
        common stock held in treasury: 22,496 and 13,347 shares, respectively
                                                                              1,040,621,000     
        consolidation loans
                                                                               57,201,754,000 54,054,932,000 13,263  
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 22,229 and 13,347 shares, respectively
                                                                               1,027,877,000    
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 19,078 and 13,347 shares, respectively
                                                                                878,100,000   
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                   
        common stock held in treasury at cost
                                                                                 -1,455  
        federally insured student loans
                                                                                  63,379,249,000 
        long-term notes
                                                                                  72,241,082,000 
        preferred stock, series a, par value .20 per share, 20,000 shares authorized: 3,300 and 3,300 shares issued, respectively, at stated value of 50 per share
                                                                                  165,000,000 
        common stock held in treasury at cost: 62,936 and 59,634 shares, respectively
                                                                                  2,203,773,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
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          operating activities
                                                                        
          net income
        307,954,000 233,185,000 135,850,000 71,272,000 304,540,000 111,553,000 -45,152,000 251,993,000 289,931,000 168,443,000 29,365,000 265,065,000 118,518,000 -77,043,000 75,172,000 342,073,000 128,812,000 306,265,000 72,840,000 140,201,000 641,207,000 432,700,000 171,028,000 -85,211,000 362,173,000 141,352,000 128,458,000 150,277,000 158,189,000 147,512,000 103,878,000 109,832,000 126,254,000 47,003,000 76,371,000 57,205,000 65,915,000 91,016,000 47,699,000 82,926,000 -254,858,000 346,000,000 -47,046,000 -5,648,000 174,694,000 447,037,000 -494,886,000 337,951,000 240,280,000 -15,369,015 159,308,000   -216,017,000 -158,541,000 265,736,000 -103,804,000 -1,635,258,000 -343,760,000 966,471,000 116,153,000 18,105,000 263,472,000 223,384,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                        
          provisions for credit losses
        -11,466,000 -18,779,000 179,462,000 148,718,000 23,286,000 108,179,000 271,465,000 16,830,000 12,041,000 15,599,000 198,023,000 17,729,000 114,112,000 297,260,000 207,598,000 30,545,000 98,050,000 -15,309,000 138,442,000 69,677,000 -225,767,000 -316,372,000 -3,640,000 351,887,000 61,258,000 97,558,000 99,526,000 93,375,000 63,790,000 57,619,000 70,047,000 63,267,000 53,931,000 55,324,000 54,930,000 41,793,000 32,602,000                            
          income tax expense
        92,399,000  49,963,000 16,362,000 98,579,000  -14,410,000 86,554,000 97,554,000  11,242,000 91,482,000 37,338,000  29,551,000 114,296,000 37,356,000  19,392,000 53,174,000 203,525,000  55,189,000 -30,664,000 121,481,000  40,701,000 33,801,000 56,296,000  -53,667,000 40,074,000 40,997,000  40,617,000 34,555,000 38,875,000                            
          amortization of brokered deposit placement fee
        1,949,000 1,803,000 1,857,000 2,160,000 2,213,000 2,428,000 2,617,000 2,681,000 2,803,000 2,863,000 2,832,000 2,865,000 3,121,000 3,147,000 3,182,000 3,150,000 3,425,000 3,584,000 3,738,000 3,887,000 4,307,000 4,520,000 4,753,000 4,935,000 5,193,000 5,496,000 4,667,000 4,070,000 3,555,000 3,677,000 3,531,000 3,058,000 2,789,000 2,541,000 2,492,000 2,564,000 2,615,000 2,657,000 2,695,000 2,326,000                         
          amortization of secured borrowing facility upfront fee
        735,000  705,000 624,000 584,000 597,000 588,000 461,000 713,000 720,000 708,000 718,000 723,000 704,000 712,000 649,000 569,000 570,000 359,000 713,000 773,000 817,000 813,000 820,000 526,000 279,000 279,000 282,000 277,000                                    
          amortization of deferred loan origination costs and loan premium/(discounts)
        4,279,000 4,224,000 3,692,000 3,663,000 3,806,000 3,680,000 2,943,000 3,031,000 3,229,000 2,752,000 3,429,000 2,981,000 3,421,000 3,185,000 3,433,000 3,731,000 4,455,000 4,252,000 3,868,000 3,967,000 4,016,000 4,025,000 3,907,000 3,979,000 12,241,000 3,299,000 3,324,000 3,242,000 3,184,000 2,866,000 2,924,000 2,508,000 2,607,000                                
          net amortization of discount on investments
        -122,000 -107,000 -106,000 -64,000 -327,000 -292,000 -433,000 -446,000 -601,000 -714,000 -695,000 -695,000 -622,000 -699,000 -220,000 57,000 965,000 1,408,000 1,823,000 1,918,000 2,161,000 2,095,000 1,704,000 1,941,000 610,000 757,000 819,000 304,000 189,000 368,000 359,000 510,000 475,000 578,000 632,000 451,000 342,000 559,000 324,000                          
          depreciation of premises and equipment
        4,329,000 4,213,000 4,032,000 3,968,000 3,953,000 4,163,000 4,222,000 4,562,000 4,705,000 4,407,000 4,259,000 4,621,000 4,524,000 4,491,000 4,351,000 4,300,000 4,189,000 4,598,000 3,900,000 3,830,000 3,715,000 3,680,000 3,709,000 3,822,000 3,855,000 3,819,000 3,882,000 3,382,000 3,586,000 3,852,000 3,502,000 3,358,000 3,117,000 2,977,000 2,829,000 191,000 2,104,000 1,777,000 1,659,000 684,000                         
          acquired intangible assets amortization expense
        740,000  846,000 898,000 1,021,000  1,225,000 1,394,000 1,215,000  2,834,000 2,245,000 2,272,000 2,301,000 2,328,000 2,417,000 733,000                                                
          stock-based compensation expense
        14,800,000 9,016,000 8,936,000 9,335,000 13,272,000 8,255,000 8,374,000 9,577,000 13,790,000 8,080,000 8,472,000 8,292,000 11,536,000 7,309,000 6,856,000 8,375,000 11,921,000 6,395,000 6,686,000 6,444,000 11,124,000 6,211,000 9,244,000 7,399,000 13,610,000 5,759,000 5,368,000 5,582,000 13,891,000 5,696,000 5,567,000 5,516,000 14,745,000 6,126,000 6,273,000 6,332,000 6,216,000 5,070,000 6,140,000 11,659,000 -10,532,000 19,000,000 10,939,000 12,069,000 24,992,000                    
          unrealized losses on derivatives and hedging activities
          1,000 1,000 -6,000  19,000 23,000 20,000  59,000    274,000 -342,000 315,000  3,625,000 6,937,000 10,872,000          4,890,000 5,054,000 -3,879,000  -3,902,000                              
          gains on sales of loans
        -146,313,000  -135,958,000 13,000 -187,735,000  31,000    5,000    -74,978,000 -239,997,000 -9,881,000  10,000 -3,679,000 -399,111,000  4,000 369,000 -238,935,000                                       
          losses on securities
        2,398,000 1,652,000 -4,876,000 2,641,000 10,378,000     -690,000 -1,490,000                                                  30,967,000 24,458,000   
          other adjustments to net income
        -239,000 -3,920,000 3,563,000 3,344,000 4,093,000 3,707,000 3,254,000 2,663,000 2,939,000 3,933,000 3,396,000 5,820,000 3,063,000 1,039,000 2,278,000 3,661,000 7,235,000 5,819,000 1,981,000 -33,788,000 2,578,000 3,421,000 1,577,000 2,238,000 1,574,000 6,171,000 -6,298,000 1,933,000 1,918,000 2,018,000 2,132,000 1,533,000 1,763,000 1,235,000 1,603,000 851,000 250,000                            
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                                        
          increase in accrued interest receivable
        -298,127,000 -293,338,000 -296,047,000 -294,455,000 -296,543,000 -281,347,000 -278,156,000 -263,931,000 -287,000,000 -276,946,000 -266,036,000 -253,201,000 -257,888,000 -239,254,000 -208,250,000 -187,160,000 -185,294,000 -187,614,000 -186,800,000 -186,175,000 -183,168,000 -208,600,000 -203,812,000 -228,009,000 -236,282,000 -244,330,000 -240,669,000 -239,706,000 -239,180,000 -235,502,000 -221,146,000 -206,037,000 -201,776,000 -196,630,000 -181,767,000 -130,325,000 -147,257,000 -69,196,000 -121,815,000 -44,354,000       -180,320,000                  
          increase in trading investments
           -812,000         -53,000                                                   
          increase in non-marketable securities
        -130,000 -231,000 -275,000   -783,000 -10,270,000 -283,000 -403,000 -162,000   -1,058,000 -992,000 -554,000 -804,000 -8,294,000 -317,000                                           
          decrease in other interest-earning assets
        19,000 718,000 1,264,000 1,281,000 1,497,000 940,000 542,000 1,210,000 1,657,000 1,858,000    -137,000 -842,000 -856,000 328,000 2,236,000 6,224,000 5,477,000 19,282,000         4,914,000 -3,686,000   9,717,000  4,896,000 -3,606,000                            
          increase in other assets
        -1,175,000 -12,853,000 15,427,000 -6,130,000 -46,659,000 35,368,000 -18,510,000 -343,000 -23,046,000 -7,691,000 6,362,000 -10,941,000 -26,632,000   -22,333,000 -17,529,000 -12,427,000 -14,588,000 -44,586,000 -51,667,000 -4,260,000 16,303,000 -29,623,000 -32,874,000 7,183,000 18,023,000 -27,616,000 -681,000 -8,874,000 -9,452,000 -15,735,000 -35,716,000 -19,644,000 -32,690,000 -3,200,000 -11,391,000  -2,079,000 30,445,000                         
          decrease in income taxes payable
        -4,735,000  -3,932,000 -126,381,000 -11,493,000  -70,807,000    -88,481,000    -99,185,000 -114,481,000 -4,243,000  2,052,000 -231,854,000 -270,000  -220,254,000 -22,887,000 -710,000  -52,741,000 -128,303,000 -3,947,000  -48,529,000 -106,814,000 -1,159,000  -77,460,000                              
          decrease in accrued interest payable
        -18,980,000    -26,984,000                                                            
          decrease in other liabilities
        -24,279,000 -24,314,000 15,892,000 -3,448,000 -42,714,000  25,750,000 1,278,000 -29,020,000  7,313,000 6,469,000 -23,770,000                -39,049,000   10,585,000 -18,873,000         -175,000,000      -127,466,000 -3,366,000                
          total adjustments
        -383,918,000 -297,649,000 -185,187,000 -210,001,000 -450,591,000 -107,014,000 -68,269,000 -395,795,000 -366,642,000 -195,584,000 -88,715,000 -332,099,000 -109,630,000 76,168,000 -71,804,000 -402,362,000 -66,024,000 -260,663,000 11,969,000 -365,886,000 -595,455,000 -406,218,000 -318,034,000 -121,348,000 -217,759,000 -79,592,000 -142,815,000 -230,036,000 -141,474,000 -157,853,000 -116,784,000 -175,168,000 -140,412,000 -92,594,000 -92,066,000 -116,097,000 -113,695,000 -155,723,000 -66,880,000 -89,290,000 -506,000,000 183,000,000 753,909,000 613,866,000 584,225,000      -5,197,236,000 -3,288,257,000 -5,447,053,000 -2,566,601,000 -3,134,117,000 -111,473,000 326,467,000 977,836,000 1,259,500,000 -1,465,902,000 73,663,000    
          total net cash from operating activities
        -75,964,000 -64,464,000 -49,337,000 -138,729,000 -146,051,000 4,539,000 -113,421,000 -143,802,000 -76,711,000 -27,141,000 -59,350,000 -67,034,000 8,888,000 -875,000 3,368,000 -60,289,000 62,788,000 45,602,000 84,809,000   26,482,000 -147,006,000 -206,559,000 144,414,000 61,760,000 -14,357,000 -79,759,000 16,715,000 -10,341,000 -12,906,000 -65,336,000 -14,158,000 -45,591,000 -15,695,000 -58,892,000 -47,780,000 -64,707,000 -19,181,000 -6,364,000 -760,858,000 529,000,000 706,863,000 608,218,000 758,919,000 1,960,078,000 -85,183,000 -3,017,973,000 -5,549,416,000                
          investing activities
                                                                        
          loans acquired and originated
        -2,803,165,000 -1,030,595,000 -2,956,709,000 -690,858,000 -2,783,336,000 -992,821,000 -2,779,631,000 -698,485,000 -2,593,293,000 -852,076,000 -2,468,048,000 -668,717,000 -2,463,358,000 -846,494,000 -2,377,484,000 -641,453,000 -2,215,958,000 -767,633,000 -2,116,156,000 -551,421,000 -2,076,635,000 -641,979,000 -1,911,454,000 -514,677,000 -2,310,173,000 -802,119,000 -2,416,597,000 -665,765,000 -2,253,624,000 -923,172,000 -2,407,431,000 -862,629,000 -2,300,135,000 -929,021,000 -1,967,367,000 -427,973,000 -1,806,583,000 -407,224,000 -1,663,149,000 -5,369,000                         
          net proceeds from sales of loans held for investment and loans held for sale
        3,507,075,000 1,070,431,000 1,960,127,000 -13,000 2,208,600,000 484,911,000 -31,000 1,611,948,000 2,149,774,000 1,041,478,000 -4,000                                                      
          net decrease in loans held for investment and loans held for sale
        866,782,000 768,871,000 708,150,000 650,085,000 774,483,000 703,846,000 640,913,000 629,594,000 751,120,000 707,638,000 733,134,000                                                      
          purchases of available-for-sale securities
        -24,749,000 -11,074,000 -32,088,000 -38,174,000 -14,918,000 -16,951,000 -34,222,000 -25,790,000 -35,180,000 -26,008,000 -39,790,000 -4,992,000 -216,496,000 -536,633,000 -97,462,000 -654,663,000 -304,288,000 -200,716,000 -185,750,000 -341,427,000 -1,493,332,000 -62,752,000 -50,542,000 -145,555,000 -126,834,000 -33,483,000 -7,962,000 -5,000,000   -22,758,000 -15,445,000 -11,272,000 -12,090,000 -18,059,000 -8,178,000 -8,841,000 -33,087,000 -14,000,000 -15,384,000 -39,082,000 -70,534,000 -6,501,414,000 -3,916,248,000 -9,196,936,000 -18,688,583,000 104,535,332,802 -38,601,369,000 -45,540,708,000 -20,521,734,000 -7,353,392,000 -21,715,615,000 -37,421,760,000 -34,649,820,000 -24,265,259,000 -41,900,523,000 -8,473,071,000 -15,448,651,000    
          proceeds from sales and maturities of available-for-sale securities
        43,220,000 40,979,000 34,645,000 37,881,000 335,355,000 87,652,000 333,963,000 131,135,000 279,700,000 50,610,000 66,950,000 74,740,000 73,352,000 147,303,000 71,653,000 54,253,000 686,806,000 66,573,000 217,103,000 376,723,000 205,367,000 277,935,000 271,507,000 86,237,000 18,836,000 18,633,000 21,653,000 6,059,000 4,570,000 7,054,000 8,606,000 51,866,000 10,371,000 10,592,000 12,476,000 8,926,000 6,566,000 11,306,000 6,630,000 3,625,000                         
          total net cash from investing activities
        1,589,163,000 838,612,000 -253,787,000 -34,993,000 496,928,000 268,670,000 -1,814,192,000 1,649,185,000 572,330,000 922,779,000 -1,695,271,000 2,231,084,000 -1,471,052,000 63,191,000 -343,795,000 2,346,863,000 -988,867,000 1,422,781,000 -1,605,298,000 396,828,000 2,390,362,000 334,436,000 -464,127,000 -1,041,201,000 2,118,222,000 278,544,000 -1,541,809,000 150,228,000 -1,193,677,000 -39,602,000 -1,626,279,000 -48,016,000 -1,540,966,000 -381,423,000 -1,456,461,000 -125,917,000 -1,461,210,000 588,064,000 -1,367,878,000 -192,674,000 -3,016,434,000 2,184,000,000 1,863,045,000 2,848,692,000 2,458,263,000                    
          financing activities
                                                                        
          brokered deposit placement fee
        -5,212,000 -4,667,000    -2,069,000    -937,000 -4,270,000 -2,634,000 -3,023,000 -4,357,000 -1,583,000 -2,207,000 -1,383,000 -10,469,000   -1,505,000 -1,543,000 -1,762,000 -8,179,000 -4,419,000 -13,882,000 -1,498,000 -681,000 -6,219,000 -11,830,000 -7,055,000 -2,532,000 -4,339,000 -116,000 -2,759,000                            
          net increase in certificates of deposit
        142,933,000 586,891,000   -889,195,000 -420,242,000   31,555,000 66,937,000   515,909,000        -686,344,000 -625,553,000 -742,810,000 -1,129,702,000 69,971,000 1,666,891,000 895,339,000 1,383,390,000 404,121,000 571,396,000 1,006,207,000 252,455,000 694,982,000                                
          net decrease in other deposits
        -674,306,000    -109,679,000  16,900,000 42,463,000 -787,295,000                                                        
          issuance costs for collateralized borrowings
          -22,000 -20,000                                                          
          borrowings collateralized by loans in securitization trusts - issued
        615,448,000  -226,000   677,243,000 864,392,000   -18,000 565,541,000 -358,000 569,871,000    531,492,000 524,380,000   1,098,000 704,238,000 -227,000 633,532,000 654,466,000 451,128,000 115,000 540,325,000 682,739,000 667,848,000 672,882,000 1,000                              
          borrowings collateralized by loans in securitization trusts - repaid
        -309,406,000  -274,225,000 -275,920,000 -288,840,000 -276,429,000 -233,527,000 -240,985,000 -253,176,000 -291,039,000 -266,538,000 -303,572,000 -293,120,000 -289,678,000 -271,944,000 -335,556,000 -381,005,000 -313,712,000 -295,744,000 -262,159,000 -272,123,000 -254,027,000 -207,935,000 -260,279,000 -281,086,000 -249,830,000 -262,297,000 -269,812,000 -260,953,000 -249,450,000 -227,286,000 -211,657,000 -200,247,000  -134,539,000 -20,342,000 -20,276,000                            
          issuance costs for unsecured debt offering
          -333,000 -1,609,000         -15,000 -360,000 -1,215,000 -325,000             -634,000                              
          unsecured debt issued
          493,885,000                                                          
          unsecured debt repaid
          -500,000,000                                                            
          fees paid on secured borrowing facility
        -1,000 -4,000 -34,000   -24,000   -18,000 -2,834,000 -16,000  -5,000    -13,000 -2,833,000  -68,000 -3,183,000  -51,000 -1,065,000                                    
          common stock dividends paid
        -25,596,000 -26,171,000 -26,901,000 -27,153,000 -27,466,000 -27,338,000 -23,529,000 -24,027,000 -24,278,000 -24,416,000 -24,879,000 -25,303,000 -26,635,000 -26,742,000 -27,643,000 -28,083,000 -30,493,000 -31,358,000 -8,934,000 -9,264,000 -10,906,000 -11,254,000 -11,253,000 -11,249,000 -12,595,000 -12,629,000 -12,661,000 -12,804,000 -13,020,000             -68,000,000                       
          preferred stock dividends paid
        -3,555,000 -3,803,000 -3,994,000 -3,972,000 -3,956,000 -4,367,000 -4,648,000 -4,628,000 -4,653,000 -4,726,000 -4,642,000 -4,274,000 -4,063,000 -3,466,000 -2,531,000 -1,757,000 -1,275,000 -1,177,000 -1,166,000 -1,192,000 -1,201,000 -1,734,000 -2,058,000 -2,478,000 -3,464,000 -3,885,000 -4,153,000 -4,331,000 -4,468,000 -4,199,000 -4,124,000 -3,920,000 -3,397,000 -3,137,000 -3,028,000 -5,243,000 -5,139,000 -4,870,000 -4,823,000 -4,850,000 1,772,000 -5,000,000                       
          common stock repurchased
        -290,656,000 -123,817,000 -143,518,000 -71,705,000 -29,696,000 -47,070,000 -114,393,000 -61,048,000 -25,457,000 -90,933,000 -255,326,000 -4,005,000 -157,590,000 -10,109,000 -376,176,000 -169,322,000 -254,002,000 -249,383,000 -476,508,000 -550,790,000 -558,167,000 -9,604,000 -37,477,000 -60,120,000 -60,000,000             -199,000,000 -143,895,000               -2,079,467,000 -100,190,000 -34,071,000 -8,666,000    
          total net cash from financing activities
        -550,351,000  -220,618,000 561,387,000 -1,356,576,000  1,183,458,000 167,473,000 -1,063,304,000  1,451,564,000 -2,035,850,000 587,471,000  1,568,343,000 -1,940,374,000 -168,710,000  -247,551,000                                              
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        962,848,000 686,044,000 -523,742,000   213,737,000    576,221,000   -874,693,000 -251,835,000 1,227,916,000 346,200,000 -1,094,789,000   -1,710,444,000 1,762,000,000 96,216,000 -590,660,000 -2,378,215,000 1,761,608,000 1,726,306,000 -145,501,000   727,183,000 -203,736,000                                  
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
        4,418,528,000  4,874,260,000  4,299,507,000  4,772,836,000  4,545,344,000  4,609,709,000  5,720,760,000  2,681,895,000  1,636,175,000                                
          deferred tax provision
                                                                        
          amortization of fees for secured borrowing facility
                                                                        
          reduction of tax indemnification receivable
                                     6,736,000                                   
          acquired intangible assets impairment and amortization expense
                                                                        
          unrealized losses on derivative and hedging activities
                                            832,000     -138,000,000 250,762,000      -122,044,000   512,634,000 -15,273,000            
          gains on sale of loans
                                                                        
          acquisition transaction costs
                 -45,000    1,000 91,000 2,511,000                                                
          decrease in trading investments
                                                                       
          increase in income tax payable
                                                                        
          increase in accrued interest payable
             9,544,000 -549,000 10,166,000 -15,738,000 5,651,000 17,396,000 -9,925,000 20,358,000 -321,000   14,779,000 -17,825,000   -9,081,000 -14,640,000 11,950,000 -30,522,000 18,610,000 -8,014,000 14,794,000 -368,000 7,405,000 -1,286,000 15,970,000 261,000 11,034,000 -936,000 11,965,000 -6,155,000 9,079,000  6,541,000   2,000,000 12,175,000 -75,820,000 145,645,000  -17,953,000 -45,156,000 79,833,000     -8,166,000 -25,851,000 -23,225,000 -143,259,000 57,319,000 -46,293,000 96,192,000 107,183,000 110,199,000 64,806,000 7,195,000 
          proceeds from ffelp loan claim payments
             7,545,000 9,215,000 10,819,000 10,309,000 13,359,000 15,203,000 11,274,000  7,945,000 9,048,000 5,594,000                                                
          purchase of subsidiary, net of cash acquired
                    -86,000 134,000 -127,702,000                                                
          net increase in other deposits
         464,000,000 29,657,000       25,733,000 -3,150,000 -625,232,000 -167,836,000 -41,704,000 258,345,000 -190,261,000 543,767,000 405,478,000 -828,185,000 -34,395,000 850,408,000 202,539,000 281,796,000 275,091,000 -55,044,000 11,808,000 538,533,000 82,821,000 290,631,000 459,948,000 126,546,000 8,312,000 323,614,000 -7,954,000 464,896,000   -50,084,000 -22,415,000                          
          issuance costs for secured borrowings
                                                                        
          secured borrowings - issued, net of discount and deferred fees
                                                                        
          secured borrowings - repaid
                                                                        
          issuance costs for unsecured borrowings
                                                                        
          unsecured borrowings - issued, net of discount and underwriting fees
                                                                        
          unsecured borrowings - repaid
                                                                        
          borrowings under secured borrowing facility
                                                                      
          repayments of borrowings under secured borrowing facility
                                                                        
          net cash from financing activities
                            -674,114,000 -264,702,000 20,473,000 -1,130,455,000 -501,028,000 1,386,002,000 1,410,665,000 1,759,677,000 804,876,000 777,126,000 1,435,449,000 716,067,000 1,474,682,000 713,589,000 1,401,752,000 289,244,000 31,251,000 -120,116,000 -97,099,000 245,240,000 3,333,603,000 -2,928,000,000 -3,192,315,000 -3,183,652,000 -3,688,033,000 -5,687,760,000 -2,583,173,000 1,054,953,000 4,766,678,000 -15,541,316,331 3,826,672,000 7,907,101,000 3,825,146,000 2,724,531,000 3,832,705,000 5,292,952,000 1,003,420,000 4,895,053,000 15,888,954,000 5,627,425,000 9,857,046,000 8,555,890,000 3,531,394,000  
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
                                                                        
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
                                                                        
          cash disbursements made for:
                                                                        
          interest
         253,881,000       284,041,000 271,628,000    197,348,000 110,945,000   98,479,000 68,266,000 116,448,000 76,491,000 115,293,000 98,032,000   176,419,000 166,321,000   144,661,000 119,926,000   77,529,000 69,887,000 42,399,000 32,766,000 27,421,000 25,368,000   568,000,000 588,959,000 612,522,000 612,519,000 609,393,000 618,290,000 595,424,000 549,075,000 -3,066,692,455 767,204,000 899,287,000 1,403,858,000 1,354,569,000 1,239,598,000 1,258,235,000 1,869,006,000 1,931,524,000 1,883,630,000 1,604,844,000 1,477,775,000 1,395,652,000 1,050,209,000 437,243,000 
          reconciliation of the consolidated statements of cash flows to the consolidated balance sheets:
                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents
         701,924,000        601,613,000    -230,637,000 1,197,103,000   1,616,851,000 -1,779,558,000 -1,709,691,000 6,207,001,000 104,247,000 -637,916,000   1,712,269,000 -146,906,000   720,052,000 -204,735,000                                  
          restricted cash
         -15,880,000        -25,392,000    -21,198,000 30,813,000   35,268,000 11,518,000 -753,000 164,708,000 -8,031,000 47,256,000   14,037,000 1,405,000   7,131,000 999,000                                  
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
         686,044,000        576,221,000    -251,835,000 1,227,916,000   1,652,119,000 -1,768,040,000 -1,710,444,000 6,371,709,000 96,216,000 -590,660,000   1,726,306,000 -145,501,000   727,183,000 -203,736,000                                  
          supplemental non-cash operating and investing activities:
                                                                        
          accrued interest capitalized during the period
         300,341,000                                                               
          trading investments received in consideration for loans sold
                                                                       
          available-for-sale investments received in consideration for loans sold
                                                                       
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
            3,868,561,000   1,672,856,000 3,731,822,000      1,227,916,000 346,200,000 3,450,555,000  -1,768,040,000 -1,710,444,000 6,371,709,000  -590,660,000 -2,378,215,000 7,482,368,000  -145,501,000 1,830,146,000 2,309,809,000  -203,736,000                                  
          income taxes paid
                 20,668,000    52,965,000 99,645,000   23,591,000 5,597,000 231,398,000 887,000 1,000 220,460,000   16,654,000 53,102,000   66,826,000 50,075,000   65,957,000 76,493,000 93,096,000 56,077,000 73,661,000 17,811,000   15,000,000 131,829,000 198,928,000 165,243,000                    
          income taxes refunded
                 -44,000    -20,000   -1,004,000 -6,561,000 -1,049,000 -2,195,000 -8,000   -135,000   -8,275,000 -1,384,000   -415,000 -153,000                              
          supplemental non-cash investment activities:
                                                                        
          net decrease in certificates of deposit
                      1,054,002,000 -1,004,125,000 -127,815,000  621,950,000                  -209,411,000 -66,236,000 -74,457,000                          
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
            -1,005,699,000   1,672,856,000 -567,685,000                    -372,086,000    -80,442,000                                
          increase in other liabilities
                     8,998,000   -34,808,000 1,941,000   8,759,000 -45,860,000 -32,944,000 24,928,000 134,661,000 -10,542,000 -11,999,000   11,702,000    -3,972,000 41,410,000 5,817,000 2,159,000 6,922,000 -10,629,000 18,601,000                 -63,415,000 -1,539,738,000   197,456,000 -548,727,000 597,057,000  
          increase in tax indemnification receivable
                  -43,000 -44,000 -42,000            -169,000    -3,917,000                                    
          gains on securities
              3,836,000 -2,103,000 -2,118,000                                                        
          losses on sales of loans
                -143,039,000                                                        
          increase in income taxes payable
                -6,463,000    2,483,000                                                    
          increase in other interest-earning assets
                   1,079,000 -1,869,000          21,094,000 18,066,000 -40,404,000 22,106,000 -9,483,000 -33,266,000 -4,764,000    -10,051,000       -6,774,000                         
          unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives and hedging activities
                    -56,000                                                    
          (gains) losses on sales of loans
                    9,000                                                    
          (gains) losses on securities
                    -1,711,000                                                    
          net proceeds from sales of loans held for investment
                    -9,000 -1,231,000 1,127,570,000 2,287,459,000 45,729,000 1,206,430,000 -10,000 -306,000 3,436,391,000 -247,000 592,945,000 -369,000 3,283,408,000     44,012,000 820,000 1,495,000 2,025,000 2,371,000 3,365,000 779,094,000 6,387,000 1,238,271,000                         
          net decrease in loans held for investment
                    912,681,000 753,003,000 826,607,000 853,918,000 1,153,297,000 1,010,140,000 943,050,000 871,447,000 1,021,353,000 878,331,000 919,047,000 858,024,000 1,177,589,000 1,101,177,000 988,572,000 926,999,000 1,077,273,000 868,311,000 766,054,000 706,733,000 735,894,000 577,640,000 507,853,000 291,626,000 332,414,000 201,620,000 243,990,000                          
          gain on sale of upromise subsidiary
                                                                      
          decrease in upromise member accounts due to sale
                                                                      
          proceeds from claim payments
                         4,733,000 5,378,000 4,673,000 4,602,000 6,146,000 5,255,000 5,994,000 11,314,000 11,395,000 10,118,000 9,769,000 11,587,000 16,167,000 11,492,000 14,916,000 12,084,000 14,387,000 9,852,000 15,364,000 18,528,000 21,327,000 46,442,000                          
          proceeds for sale of upromise subsidiary
                                                                        
          repayment of borrowings under secured borrowing facility
                             -289,230,000                                        
          fees paid - secured borrowing facility
                                                                        
          repurchase of series b preferred stock
                                                                        
          (increase) reduction in tax indemnification receivable
                      -124,000        -131,000                                          
          decrease in other assets
                                                 292,000,000 -50,598,000 3,311,000 212,287,000 -168,564,000                   
          reduction (increase) in tax indemnification receivable
                        -108,000  357,000 2,835,000 2,814,000                                            
          unrealized gain on investments
                              -390,000                                          
          proceeds from sale of upromise subsidiary
                                                                       
          total net provided by operating activities
                            45,752,000                                            
          losses on sales of securities
                                                                      
          decrease in tax indemnification receivable
                                     8,998,000 8,997,000   14,908,000 14,908,000   -1,753,000 13,154,000                          
          decrease in income tax payable
                                           -94,206,000 -54,987,000 -74,496,000 -23,049,000                          
          unrealized gains on derivatives and hedging activities
                              12,890,000 8,443,000 -43,195,000  -3,007,000 -17,923,000 -4,027,000                                    
          unrealized loss on investments
                                1,191,000                                        
          deferred tax benefit
                                                                        
          unrealized (gains) losses on derivative and hedging activities
                                                                        
          redemption of series a preferred stock
                                                                        
          increase (reduction) in tax indemnification receivable
                                                                        
          amortization of abcp facility upfront fee
                                      276,000 274,000 301,000 321,000 327,000 380,000 122,000                            
          amortization of acquired intangibles
                                      92,000 92,000 92,000 118,000 117,000 1,000 260,000                            
          decrease in payable due to entity that is a subsidiary of navient
                                      87,000        -1,655,000                          
          borrowings under abcp facility
                                      300,000,000  26,325,000                            
          repayment of borrowings under abcp facility
                                      -300,000,000                                
          fees paid on abcp facility
                                      -32,000 -1,063,000  -22,000 -194,000 -1,250,000                            
          redemption of preferred stock series a
                                                                       
          income on tax indemnification receivable
                                       -2,222,000 -1,231,000                                
          increase in payable due to entity that is a subsidiary of navient
                                        422,000 -288,000   1,169,000                            
          amortization of deferred loan origination costs and fees
                                         2,136,000 2,053,000 1,497,000 1,223,000 917,000 641,000 599,000                         
          loss on tax indemnification receivable
                                         31,577,000                               
          net decrease in loans held for sale
                                             55,000 265,000                         
          origination of loans held for sale
                                             -55,000 -265,000                         
          decrease in restricted cash and investments
                                         -1,454,000 1,697,000                              
          increase in restricted cash and investment - variable interest entities
                                                                        
          net increase increase in certificates of deposit
                                                                        
          borrowings collateralized by loans in securitization - repaid
                                                                        
          fees paid - abcp facility
                                                                        
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                 -215,000,000  273,258,000 -470,851,000 -1,533,183,000 -391,529,000 -573,863,000 770,889,000 -1,114,995,989 -952,959,000   174,149,000 -1,227,348,000 1,301,173,000 -3,760,003,000 -212,923,000 5,114,731,000 -998,885,000 1,057,886,000    
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents at end of year
                                                                        
          increase in restricted cash and investments - variable interest entities
                                          -5,855,000 -4,959,000 -3,410,000                            
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                          -70,404,000 104,435,000 -1,477,739,000 403,241,000 -1,484,158,000 46,202,000             -1,006,201,000            
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
                                          2,416,219,000 2,359,780,000  -1,717,135,000 3,900,000,000 673,000 4,342,327,000  6,070,013,000  4,070,002,000  7,582,031,000  2,621,222,000  3,395,487,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
                                          -70,404,000 104,435,000 938,480,000 403,241,000 875,622,000   3,685,000,000 -621,734,000 273,258,000 3,871,476,000  -391,529,000 -573,863,000 6,840,902,000  -952,959,000 3,076,156,000 3,063,801,000  -1,227,348,000 1,301,173,000 3,822,028,000  5,114,731,000 -998,885,000 3,679,108,000  -997,864,000 735,869,000 
          interest income on tax indemnification receivable
                                           -2,986,000 -1,080,000                            
          unrealized gains on derivative and hedging activities
                                                                        
          decrease in restricted cash and investments - other
                                           -4,725,000 6,778,000                            
          net increase increase in other deposits
                                           77,066,000 245,893,000                            
          excess tax benefit from the exercise of stock-based awards
                                           -117,000 -2,132,000 1,178,000 4,596,000    105,000 63,000 832,000 6,000 12,000 255,000 100,000     -1,000 -10,387,000 10,669,000 781,000 20,703,000 4,501,000 4,331,000 5,540,000   
          income taxes received
                                                 -1,000,000                       
          amortization of abcp upfront fee
                                                                        
          amortization and impairment of acquired intangibles
                                              370,000 1,150,000                         
          gains on sale of securities
                                                                        
          net decrease in deposits with entity that is a subsidiary of navient
                                                                       
          special cash contribution from navient
                                                                       
          net capital contributions from entity that is a subsidiary of navient
                                                                        
          dividend paid to entity that is a subsidiary of navient
                                                                        
          provisions for loan losses
                                                 241,000,000 408,909,000 290,686,000 303,405,000 319,944,000 358,110,000 382,239,000 359,120,000 -848,399,040 321,127,000 278,112,000 250,279,000 252,415,000 186,909,000 143,015,000 137,311,000 574,178,000 142,600,000      
          amortization of asset-backed commercial paper upfront fee
                                                                        
          (increase) in other assets
                                                                        
          asset-backed commercial paper upfront placement fee
                                                                        
          benefit from loan losses
                                              16,618,000 14,898,000                         
          tax provision
                                              31,722,000 54,903,000                         
          unrealized (gains)/losses on derivative and hedging activities
                                              -2,417,000      56,796,000  139,049,000                  
          decrease (increase) in other interest-earning assets
                                              14,900,000                          
          amortization of fdic fees
                                                                        
          net amortization (accretion) of discount on investments
                                               197,000                         
          interest rate swap
                                               -6,718,000                         
          increase in payable due to navient
                                               7,005,000                         
          net increase in loans held for investment
                                               -1,420,360,000                         
          net decrease in brokered certificates of deposit
                                                                        
          net increase in now account deposits
                                                                       
          net increase in high yield savings deposits
                                               -687,223,000                         
          net increase in retail certificates of deposit
                                               -18,411,000                         
          net increase in mmda deposits
                                               728,937,000                         
          gains on sale of loans to affiliates
                                                                        
          net (decrease) in brokered certificates of deposit
                                                                        
          net capital contributions (to) from entity that is a subsidiary of navient
                                                                        
          gains on debt repurchases and loan sales
                                                 -78,000,000                       
          goodwill and acquired intangible assets impairment and amortization expense
                                                 4,000,000 5,873,000 6,063,000 6,064,000 9,812,000                   
          decrease in restricted cash — other
                                                 -3,000,000 -10,171,000 -733,000 53,904,000 -50,330,000 6,600,000 15,648,000 25,755,000  -8,351,000 17,282,000 35,270,000            
          decrease in accrued interest receivable
                                                 19,000,000 43,371,000      -158,066,000   23,767,000 458,024,000   26,544,000 25,476,000        
          student loans acquired and originated
                                                 -1,559,000,000 -1,348,336,000 -539,135,000 -1,278,529,000                    
          reduction of student loans:
                                                                        
          installment payments, claims and other
                                                 3,349,000,000 2,964,526,000 2,155,541,000 4,551,933,000 3,533,594,000 3,482,070,000 3,520,119,000 3,484,121,000 -7,986,734,773 2,848,704,000 2,439,923,000 2,708,857,000            
          proceeds from sales of student loans
                                                 226,000,000 187,035,000 192,445,000 188,520,000 227,585,000 195,909,000 88,553,000 75,493,000 -514,351,779 52,829,000 462,311,000 470,339,000 -1,395,000 -1,239,000 28,478,000 235,313,000 828,000 772,970,000 4,184,000 6,634,000  14,709,000 
          other investing activities
                                                 65,000,000 -323,671,000 752,873,000 -955,202,000 -55,426,000 110,694,000 -363,001,000 80,089,000 676,038,749 59,390,000 -758,720,000 22,718,000 -68,035,000 -8,719,000 -19,357,000 -38,930,000 -153,575,000 -71,276,000 -75,122,000 -58,236,000    
          proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities
                                                 9,000,000 29,656,000 79,900,000 53,444,000 6,630,858,000 4,109,031,000 9,543,276,000 19,182,117,000 -104,289,321,121 38,801,747,000 44,889,029,000 20,726,497,000 6,606,022,000 23,551,238,000 36,158,259,000 36,121,393,000 25,138,119,000 39,531,610,000 9,115,782,000 15,567,592,000 25,640,370,000 27,799,036,000 28,955,447,000 
          purchases of other securities
                                                 -93,000,000 -66,805,000 -81,132,000 -50,063,000  -36,820,000                  
          proceeds from maturities of other securities
                                                 94,000,000 67,056,000 60,550,000 67,394,000                    
          decrease in restricted cash – variable interest entities
                                                 107,000,000                       
          borrowings collateralized by loans in trust — issued
                                                 2,588,000,000 -3,617,000 2,219,170,000 818,447,000 -1,249,000 3,195,096,000 1,179,272,000 1,544,073,000 -11,559,594,085 2,531,606,000 7,710,056,000 1,330,930,000            
          borrowings collateralized by loans in trust — repaid
                                                 -3,182,000,000 -2,780,526,000 -3,013,157,000 -2,712,317,000 -2,390,476,000 -3,970,600,000 -2,174,867,000 -2,099,724,000 4,191,199,287 -1,264,601,000 -1,500,153,000 -1,432,135,000            
          asset-backed commercial paper conduits
                                                 427,000,000 -70,043,000 792,978,000 -1,237,935,000 248,257,000 -309,062,000 -1,557,859,000 -441,723,000 15,487,886,814               
          ed conduit program facility
                                                 -2,583,000,000 -788,409,000 -816,723,000 -911,868,000 -449,023,000 -446,468,000 1,190,661,000 368,537,000 -14,175,609,163 3,095,178,000              
          other short-term borrowings issued
                                                         -297,995,706 198,292,000 100,002,000 590,554,000           
          other short-term borrowings repaid
                                                 -114,000,000    8,702,000 21,632,000   1,197,226,462 -207,941,000 -778,000,000 -212,720,000 -444,750,000           
          other long-term borrowings issued
                                                 1,489,000,000 194,000 4,000 1,966,802,000 7,000 4,000 4,000 1,463,534,000 -4,328,839,819 5,000 3,176,905,000 1,156,263,000 1,125,777,000           
          other long-term borrowings repaid
                                                 -1,319,000,000 -161,162,000 -2,318,117,000 -1,814,721,000 -2,727,238,000 -2,715,120,000 -1,970,477,000 -2,541,703,000 8,325,676,733 -3,400,134,000 -1,910,457,000 -3,024,590,000 -1,023,312,000           
          other financing activities
                                                 -358,000,000 810,855,000 164,540,000 206,605,000 -392,708,000 1,290,141,000 495,359,000 -247,746,000 1,005,509,913 526,965,000 -627,394,000 -905,832,000 88,816,000 199,091,000 3,782,000 -7,030,000 15,193,000 -71,347,000 24,952,000 -8,395,000    
          retail and other deposits
                                                 396,000,000                       
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                                                                        
          cash disbursements made (refunds received) for:
                                                                        
          noncash activity:
                                                                        
          investing activity — student loans and other assets acquired
                                                                        
          student loans and other assets removed related to sale of residual interest in securitization
                                                 -3,665,000,000                       
          financing activity — borrowings assumed in acquisition of student loans and other assets
                                                                        
          borrowings removed related to sale of residual interest in securitization
                                                 -3,681,000,000                       
          loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                  -23,248,000                      
          losses on loans and investments
                                                                        
          (gains) on debt repurchases
                                                                        
          student loans originated for sale
                                                     1,312,230,000 -477,701,000 -3,759,759,000 -6,722,387,000 15,826,943,417 -5,674,680,000 -3,759,431,000 -6,411,932,000            
          purchases of held-to-maturity and other securities
                                                        -10,458,000         -400,000 -329,510,000 -540,000    
          proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity securities and other securities
                                                     24,736,000 39,388,000 32,805,000 39,007,000 -68,911,829 63,000 24,934,000 43,994,000 394,678,000 3,008,000 9,494,000 697,000 424,088,000 3,618,000 7,065,000 628,417,000 189,108,000 155,973,000 
          decrease in restricted cash — variable interest entities
                                                                        
          cash from investing activities — continuing operations
                                                  1,804,980,000 2,826,181,000 2,429,839,000                    
          cash from investing activities — discontinued operations
                                                  58,065,000 22,511,000 28,424,000                    
          ed participation program
                                                     31,928,000 369,864,000 4,109,569,000 6,740,199,000 -15,479,713,071 5,627,962,000 3,706,539,000 6,164,514,000            
          operating activity — other assets acquired and other liabilities assumed
                                                                        
          gains on debt repurchases
                                                  226,000 -323,000 -37,903,000                    
          proceeds from maturities of held-to-maturity and other securities
                                                                        
          gains on sale of loans and securities
                                                                        
          (decrease) in other liabilities
                                                  105,671,000 -145,910,000 -78,761,000       -89,554,000 -60,767,000            
          other loans — repaid
                                                  13,081,000 15,220,000 14,699,000 14,361,000 16,770,000 18,172,000 82,688,000 -237,718,509 20,423,000 150,371,000 67,186,000            
          decrease in restricted cash
                                                  297,822,000                      
          common stock issued
                                                     1,000 183,000 11,000 -5,336 1,000   -4,000 1,580,000 3,647,000 756,000 1,965,279,000 86,612,000 37,797,000 35,423,000 -23,801,000 43,854,000 56,244,000 
          common dividends paid
                                                  -50,747,000               -102,658,000    
          preferred dividends paid
                                                  -5,070,000 -4,052,000 -3,878,000 -15,967,000 -18,787,000 -18,578,000 -18,517,000 83,799,225 -32,042,000 -25,638,000 -26,235,000 -27,153,000 -27,310,000 -27,230,000 -28,863,000 -9,458,000 -9,111,000 -8,995,000 -8,933,000    
          net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                        
          income taxes
                                                  -4,034,000 -3,958,000 -18,008,000 22,899,000 -248,000 42,281,000 -493,132,000 -291,816,715 114,637,000 164,513,000 12,965,000 2,218,000 132,877,000 462,705,000 101,564,000 393,134,000 175,438,000 368,806,000 159,962,000 195,784,000 3,728,000 12,384,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from (used in) operating activities:
                                                                        
          noncontrolling interest
                                                     115,000 -386,000 -363,000  -525,000 -639,000 -7,988,000            
          income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                    1,730,000                    
          (increase) in accrued interest receivable
                                                    -103,934,000         -38,176,000    -27,659,000 -340,530,000 -327,481,000 -350,454,000    
          (increase) in restricted cash
                                                    -91,823,000                    
          losses on loans and securities
                                                                        
          stock-based compensation cost
                                                     8,358,000 5,295,000 13,819,000 12,278,000 -40,021,935 9,929,000 16,901,000 13,243,000 16,334,000 21,857,000 27,431,000 20,649,000 9,428,000 12,353,000 26,739,000 26,101,000    
          (decrease) in accrued interest payable
                                                          -30,811,000 -124,886,000 -284,223,000            
          adjustment for non-cash loss related to retained interest
                                                          -17,380,000 101,498,000 249,833,000  81,241,000 191,789,000 88,111,000    -67,836,000    
          cash from operating activities — continuing operations
                                                     2,043,423,000 409,703,000 -3,355,924,000 -5,789,696,000                
          cash from operating activities — discontinued operations
                                                                        
          student loans acquired
                                                     -2,056,665,000 -2,089,291,000 -2,034,461,000 -2,638,358,000 7,202,271,907 -2,267,405,000 -2,355,187,000 -2,589,083,000 -2,810,337,000 -5,186,911,000 -5,819,293,000 -9,521,405,000 -8,245,304,000 -10,628,978,000 -8,150,243,000 -12,278,480,000    
          loans purchased from securitized trusts
                                                         5,024,022 -1,332,000 -1,504,000 -2,194,000 -42,613,000 -646,034,000 -278,193,000 -276,831,000 -382,221,000 -898,096,000 -1,698,607,000 -1,347,297,000    
          other loans — originated
                                                         2,815,177 -1,000 34,200,000 -37,017,000            
          proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities
                                                         -99,955,944 100,056,000    8,000 18,000 2,000 54,000 73,143,000 22,513,000 176,000 841,797,000 
          decrease in restricted cash — on-balance sheet trusts
                                                           -318,878,000 -344,780,000  -245,028,000 252,090,000 621,939,000    -379,218,000    
          return of investment from retained interest
                                                         -16,334,487   50,387,000 135,242,000 137,849,000 79,542,000 77,651,000 54,422,000 82,468,000 62,455,000 73,654,000 11,093,000 73,196,000 
          purchase of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired
                                                             -37,868,000        
          preferred stock issued
                                                             145,345,000        
          investing activity — student loans acquired from the student loan corporation
                                                                        
          financing activity — borrowings assumed in acquisition from the student loan corporation
                                                                        
          (income) income from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                        
          gains on sales of loans and securities
                                                      -1,607,000 3,515,000 -8,653,000                
          decrease (increase) in restricted cash — on-balance sheet trusts
                                                                        
          net cash from investing activities
                                                      2,276,827,000 1,389,157,000 1,553,627,000 525,382,051 258,297,000 -1,420,179,000 636,811,000 232,236,000 -1,767,395,000 -4,146,042,000 -4,986,086,000    -8,988,976,000    
          income from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit
                                                                        
          decrease (increase) in other assets, goodwill and acquired intangible assets
                                                                        
          increase in restricted cash — on-balance sheet trusts
                                                       -165,640,000 -52,489,000 1,317,228,725               
          loss from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit
                                                                        
          decrease in other assets, goodwill and acquired intangible assets
                                                        747,834,000    237,962,000 201,435,000 414,639,000 -70,063,000 13,406,000     370,331,000  53,637,000 
          loss (income) from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                        
          gains on student loan securitizations
                                                                 -367,300,000    
          unrealized (gains)/losses on derivative and hedging activities, excluding equity forwards
                                                                 -85,885,000 -3,132,000      
          unrealized (gains)/losses on derivative and hedging activities — equity forwards
                                                                 1,484,558,000 457,436,000      
          decrease (increase) in restricted cash — other
                                                                        
          decrease (increase) in accrued interest receivable
                                                         -240,483,484               
          adjustment for non-cash (income)/loss related to retained interest
                                                                 137,021,000 152,480,000   9,876,000   
          increase in other assets, goodwill and acquired intangible assets
                                                                        
          total net cash (used in) operating activities
                                                                        
          proceeds from securitization of student loans treated as sales
                                                                 1,976,599,000  3,544,305,000 
          net settlements on equity forward contracts
                                                                 -429,424,000 -32,487,000 -30,958,000 -121,348,000    
          noncontrolling interest,net
                                                                        
          (gains) losses on sales of loans and securities
                                                                        
          decrease in purchased paper mortgages
                                                          58,429,000 94,402,000 80,299,000            
          net cash from operating activities
                                                          -5,037,928,000 -3,410,766,000 -5,468,158,000 -2,782,618,000 -3,292,658,000 154,263,000 222,663,000 -657,422,000   189,816,000    
          capital expenditures
                                                               
          free cash flows
                                                          -5,037,928,000 -3,410,766,000 -5,468,158,000 -2,782,618,000 -3,292,658,000 154,263,000 222,663,000 -657,422,000   189,816,000    
          purchase of held-to-maturity and other securities
                                                                        
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
                                                                        
          losses on sales of loans and securities
                                                              43,899,000 43,583,000 34,666,000  25,163,000      
          (increase) in other assets, goodwill and acquired intangible assets
                                                                   -203,138,000 -29,291,000    
          asset-backed commercial paper conduits — net activity
                                                           -13,137,160,000 682,937,000     682,140,000       
          net loss
                                                            -21,105,000            
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
                                                                        
          mortgage loans originated
                                                            -3,624,000   -18,886,000 -16,569,000 -18,532,000 -86,865,000 -215,168,000 -226,208,000    
          proceeds from sales of mortgage loans
                                                            3,856,000   16,600,000 19,800,000 29,421,000 116,728,000 218,969,000 250,156,000 311,698,000 333,260,000 280,793,000 
          minority interest
                                                             -498,000 -659,000 -759,000 -758,000 460,000 -1,049,000 1,419,000 -1,609,000    
          decrease (increase) in purchased paper-mortgages
                                                                        
          (increase) in student loans held-for-sale
                                                                        
          unrealized losses on derivative and hedging activities, excluding equity forwards
                                                              189,875,000 -428,701,000 364,283,000    -80,240,000    
          unrealized losses on derivative and hedging activities — equity forwards
                                                                    412,206,000    
          mortgage loans originated for sale
                                                                        
          proceeds and repayments from sales of mortgage loans originated for sale
                                                                        
          decrease in purchased paper — mortgage loans
                                                              90,378,000 80,650,000 29,070,000        
          decrease in restricted cash-other
                                                              60,081,000 183,354,000 -182,304,000    22,202,000    
          installment payments
                                                              2,728,793,000 2,607,450,000 2,661,546,000  2,802,469,000 2,829,695,000 2,900,029,000   1,419,656,000 
          other loans originated
                                                              -165,479,000 -255,166,000 -676,586,000  -1,289,634,000 -712,568,000 -965,223,000    
          repayments of other loans originated for investment
                                                                        
          borrowings collateralized by loans in trust issued
                                                              6,396,036,000 6,870,393,000 4,720,526,000  2,586,159,000 5,163,542,000 11,203,950,000  3,111,672,000  
          borrowings collateralized by loans in trust repaid
                                                              -1,284,219,000 -1,654,788,000 -1,880,478,000        
          asset-backed financing facilities — net activity
                                                              -1,571,961,000 1,554,181,000 -1,715,757,000        
          ed participation program facility
                                                                        
          other loans repaid
                                                               490,718,000 692,954,000  1,239,566,000 870,088,000 897,602,000  556,444,000 156,589,000 
          short-term borrowings issued
                                                               2,667,717,000 3,327,936,000 2,745,907,000 2,008,321,000 1,815,176,000 1,204,049,000 945,067,000 502,954,000 4,568,130,000 
          short-term borrowings repaid
                                                               -5,754,912,000 -1,746,695,000 -1,710,720,000 -4,068,392,000 -1,844,619,000 -957,381,000    
          long-term borrowings issued
                                                                 1,567,602,000 4,040,780,000 3,001,937,000  
          long-term borrowings repaid
                                                               -796,677,000 -1,822,989,000 -110,020,000 -485,246,000 -1,280,980,000 -1,312,003,000    
          (increase) in purchased paper-mortgages
                                                                        
          increase in restricted cash — other
                                                                        
          (increase) in restricted cash — on-balance sheet trusts
                                                                 402,246,000 -624,931,000      
          decrease (increase) in restricted cash-other
                                                                  -26,932,000      
          net cash (used in) investing activities
                                                                  -11,689,963,000      
          net cash (used in) operating activities
                                                                        
          borrowings collateralized by loans in trust — activity
                                                                   1,781,080,000 -1,638,925,000    
          provisions for losses
                                                                    150,330,000 92,005,000 67,242,000 46,523,000 
          loss on gse debt extinguishment and defeasance
                                                                        
          gse debt extinguishment
                                                                        
          noncash financing activity:
                                                                        
          transfer of investments to trust to defease gse debt
                                                                        
          unrealized (gains)/losses on derivative and hedging activities—equity forwards
                                                                        
          claims and resales
                                                                       283,186,000 
          borrowings collateralized by loans in trust—activity
                                                                        
          tax benefit from the exercise of stock-based awards
                                                                        
          cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                        
          loss on investments
                                                                        
          donation of treasury stock
                                                                        
          decrease in retained interest in off-balance sheet securitized loans
                                                                       9,165,000 
          academic facilities financings and other loans—originated
                                                                        
          academic facilities financings and other loans—repayments
                                                                        
          borrowings collateralized by loans in trust—issued
                                                                        
          premiums on equity forward contracts
                                                                        
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
                                                                        
          unrealized losses on derivative and hedging activities—equity forwards
                                                                       108,307,000 
          increase in restricted cash
                                                                        
          other loans made
                                                                        
          long-term notes issued
                                                                       1,664,501,000 
          long-term notes repaid
                                                                        
          borrowings collateralized by loans in trust
                                                                        
          net cash provided by financing activities
                                                                       207,505,000 
          net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents