I made a lot of mistakes with the for-profit "college" I chose to attend, and I am now over $75,000 in debt with no degree and no means of paying it off. I've been mulling over the option of ending my life but haven't yet because of worries over the responsibilities my cosigner would face. So as the title states, would my federal student loans expire with me if I were to commit suicide? So far I've found that premature death more or less cancels the loans, but I've yet to find a distinction between death and suicide.

I respectfully ask that people that only have things like, "Don't do it. You have so much to live for." or "Do it, I dare you." not reply. Neither is useful to me at this point.

I also ask that people with academic answers provide sources. I'm suicidal, by I'm not going to go through with it without proof that it won't hurt my cosigner financially.

Thank you all in advance for your help and your replies.