Sallie Mae, Inc. is the nation's No. 1 financial services company specializing in education. Celebrating 40 years of making a difference, Sallie Mae continues to turn education dreams into reality for American families, today serving 25 million customers. With products and services that include 529 college savings plans, Upromise rewards, scholarship search and planning tools, education loans, insurance, and online banking, Sallie Mae offers solutions that help families save, plan, and pay for college. The company and its subsidiaries manage or service $234 billion in education loans and administer $38 billion in 529 college savings plans. Members of its Upromise college savings rewards program have earned $625 million to help pay for college. Sallie Mae also provides financial services to hundreds of college campuses as well as to federal and state governments. Sallie Mae is listed on the Fortune 500 and is one of the Top Innovators in IT according to InformationWeek. The company has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens according to Business Ethics magazine and, in 2012, a Sallie Mae leader received the Patriot Award from the ESGR (Employer Support of Guard and Reserves) in recognition of strong support of Guard and Reserve employees.