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Pricing Supplement No. 5 dated October 11, 2006
(to Prospectus dated May 5, 2006
and Prospectus Supplement dated May 5, 2006)
  Filed under Rule 424(b)(3)
File No. 333-130584
SLM Corporation
Medium Term Notes, Series A
Due 9 Months or Longer From the Date of Issue
                     
Principal Amount:           $600,000,000
  Floating Rate Notes:   ¨   Fixed Rate Notes:       x
 
                   
Original Issue Date:   October 17, 2006
  Closing Date:   October 17, 2006   CUSIP Number:   78442F ED 6
 
                   
Maturity Date:            October 25, 2011
  Option to Extend   x No   Specified Currency:   U.S. Dollars
 
  Maturity:   ¨ Yes            
 
                   
 
  If Yes, Final Maturity                
 
  Date:                
 
                   
Redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the Company:
  x       No
¨       Yes
  Redemption Price:
Redemption Dates:
  Not Applicable.
Not Applicable.
Repayment at the option of the Holder:
  x       No
  Repayment Price:   Not Applicable.
 
  ¨       Yes   Repayment Dates:   Not Applicable.
 
                   
Applicable to Fixed Rate Notes Only:
       
Interest Rate: 5.40%.
      Interest Payment Dates:   Each April 25th and October 25th during the term of the Notes, beginning April 25, 2007, subject to adjustment in accordance with the following business day convention.
Interest Accrual Method: 30/360
      Interest Periods:   From and including the Closing Date or each April 25th and October 25th thereafter, as the case may be, to and including the next succeeding April 24th and October 24th, as the case may be, with no adjustment to period end dates for accrual purposes.
         
    Lead Managers    
Banc of America Securities LLC   Citigroup   Credit Suisse
         
    Co-Managers    
Barclays Capital   BNP PARIBAS   Deutsche Bank Securities
Dresdner Kleinwort       UBS Investment Bank
         
         
    October 11, 2006    
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
         
Title of Each Class of Securities
Offered
  Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
  Amount of
Registration Fee
5.40% Medium Term Notes, Series A,
due October 25, 2011
  $600,000,000   $64,200.00

 


 

         
Form:
  Book-entry.
 
   
Denominations:
  $1,000 minimum and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
 
   
Trustee:
  The Bank of New York, as successor trustee by virtue of a transfer of all or substantially all of the corporate trust business assets of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank.
 
   
Agents:
  The following agents are acting as underwriters in connection with this issuance.
         
    Agents   Principal Amount of Notes          
 
  Banc of America Securities LLC   $ 160,000,000.00          
 
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     160,000,000.00          
 
  Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC     160,000,000.00          
 
  Barclays Capital Inc.     24,000,000.00          
 
  BNP Paribas Securities Corp.     24,000,000.00          
 
  Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.     24,000,000.00          
 
  Dresdner Kleinwort Securities LLC     24,000,000.00          
 
  UBS Securities LLC     24,000,000.00          
 
                 
 
                 Total   $ 600,000,000.00          
 
                   
Issue Price:
  99.656%.                
 
                   
Agents’ Commission:
  0.300%.                
 
                   
Net Proceeds:
  $ 596,136,000.                
 
                   
Concession:
  0.200%.                
 
                   
Reallowance:
  0.150%.                
 
                   
CUSIP Number:
  78442F ED 6.                
 
                   
ISIN Number:
  US78442FED69.                
An affiliate of one of the underwriters has entered into a swap transaction in connection with the Notes and may receive compensation for that transaction.
Obligations of SLM Corporation and any subsidiary of SLM Corporation are not guaranteed
by the full faith and credit of the United States of America. Neither SLM Corporation
nor any subsidiary of SLM Corporation is a government-sponsored enterprise
or an instrumentality of the United States of America.