1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Fitzpatrick, Thomas J.
11600 Sallie Mae Drive
Reston, VA 20193
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
USA Education, Inc. (SLM)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
2001
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner
(X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
President & COO
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------------------------+----------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ | +-----------+------+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship |
+---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+
Common Stock 208703 D
Phantom Stock Units 12/31/2001 A 3976 A $0.0000 91529 D
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
|1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature |
| |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- |
| |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct |
| |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial |
|Derivative |ative |(Month/ | +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- |
|Security |Security|Day/Year) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Year |(I) |ship |
+-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+
Stock Options $62.83 01/31/2001 A 44148 01/31/2002 08/13/2007 Common 44148 $62.8300 44148 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $62.83 01/31/2001 A 26185 01/31/2002 07/16/2008 Common 261858 $62.8300 261858 D
(Right to buy) 8 Stock
Stock Options $62.875 01/25/2001 A 12137 01/25/2002 01/31/2010 Common 121371 $62.8750 121371 D
(Right to buy) 1 Stock
Stock Options $77.8 07/24/2001 A 9873 07/24/2002 06/14/2010 Common 9873 $77.8000 9873 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $81.1 07/25/2001 A 810 07/25/2002 08/13/2007 Common 810 $81.1000 810 D
(Right to buy) Stock
Stock Options $81.1 07/25/2001 A 10571 07/25/2002 07/16/2008 Common 105716 $81.1000 105716 D
(Right to buy) 6 Stock
Explanation of Responses:
Includes shares acquired under the Officer Deferred Compensation Plan. Units
are settled in the Company's common stock.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/Mary F. Eure (POA)
DATE
02/14/2002
