1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Williams, Barry L. 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) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 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 4527 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 $81.1 07/25/2001 A 15414 07/25/2002 01/15/2011 Common 15414 $81.1000 15414 D (Right to buy) Stock Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/Mary F. Eure (POA) DATE 02/14/2002