...- New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority's issuance is an ABS transaction backed by private student loans. - We assigned our preliminary ratings to the series 2021A, 2021B, and 2021C notes. - The preliminary ratings reflect our view of the transaction's credit support, expected initial parity, and loan pool characteristics, among other factors. CENTENNIAL (S&P Global Ratings) May 4, 2021--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its preliminary ratings to New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority's (HESAA) $108.385 million student loan revenue bonds senior series 2021A and 2021B and subordinate series 2021C notes (see list). The bond issuance is an ABS transaction backed by private student loans made under HESAA's New Jersey College Loan to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) loan program, which includes a refinance loan program. The preliminary ratings are based on information as of May 4, 2021. Subsequent information may result in the assignment of final ratings...