1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Remondi, John F.
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)
Senior Vice President
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 01/16/2001 F -11807 D $60.5000 D
Common Stock 01/16/2001 F -9451 D $60.5000 D
Common Stock 01/29/2001 F -299 D $63.0000 63264 D
Phantom Stock Units 12/31/2001 A 7779.5 A $0.0000 7779.5 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 $60.5 01/15/2001 A 10000 01/15/2011 Common 100000 $60.5000 100000 D
(Right to buy) 0 Stock
Explanation of Responses:
The phantom stock units accrued under the Officers Deferred Compensation Plan on
various dates since reporting person's last report at the prevailing market
price.
Includes shares acquired under the Officer Deferred Compensation Plan. Units
are settled in the Company's common stock.
These options become exercisable upon the Company's common stock having a
closing price on the New York Stock Exchange of $45.60, for five days, they also
become exercisable on the fifth anniversary of the grant (June 14, 2005), but no
sooner than one year from the grant date.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/Mary F. Eure (POA)
DATE
02/14/2002
