Student Loan Consolidation?

I have almost 9k more in student loans and I'm paying almost 100 a month. This isn't a lot compared to some peoples loans, but when you pay 1k for rent and utilities then an extra 100 hurts the team. Anyways, my question is when you consolidate student loans does this affect your credit score? I have over a 700 rating and if this does affect the rating I'd rather stick to paying 100. Worked too hard to get my credit up and rather not take any unneccessary hits on it. Thanks in advance.