LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
1.	The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Mark
Heleen, Carol Rakatansky and Matthew Wallace or each of them acting
individually,as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power
and authority to:
(A)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned  to make
electronic filings with the SEC of the reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");
(B)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with
respect to the securities and derivative securities of SLM Corporation,
(the "Corporation"), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
any national securities exchanges and the Corporation, as considered necessary
or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;
(C)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be legally required or desirable in connection with the foregoing,
including, but not limited to, seeking or obtaining information on transactions
in the Corporation's securities from any third party, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the
attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and
(D)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are legally required or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
2.	The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in
and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall
heretofore or hereafter lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, nor relieving
the undersigned of, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to identify,
disclose, ensure the proper reporting of and monitor the reporting of and any
potential liability with respect to any transactions and holdings under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
3.	This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in the
Corporation's securities, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.  Upon signing of
this Limited Power of Attorney, the undersigned hereby revokes all previous
powers of attorney granted concerning the subject matter herein.
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power
of Attorney to be executed as of the 29th day of October, 2009.


                                       Signature:    /s/ Ronald F. Hunt