It's no secret that most students are big spenders, but not everyone knows that many of them are already walking the straight and narrow.
Some students even know how to save money while using different services. For example, if you're thinking: ...
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Back to School: How to Get a Student Loan
The average price of tuition for a public university is $9410 for in-state students and $23,890 for out-of-state students. That doesn't include all the other expenses that come along with going to college, such as rent, meals, and the cost of ...
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Sex Sells: Why College Students Shouldn’t Waste Money on a MacBook
I get it; MacBooks are sexy, they're sleek, they're polished, and "research" just looks better on Retina displays. It's been shoved down the throats of students that once they graduate high school they need a MacBook under their arm to help them ...
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5 Things You Should Know Before Getting a Student Loan
If you want to practice law, write a brilliant research paper worthy of a Nobel Prize, or engineer a rocket, then you'll need to go to college. You'll also need to write the lion share of your essays -- or at least address an essay help service if ...
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Dealing with Past Sins: 3 Inventive Ways to Pay Off Your Student Loan Debt
It's a rare college student nowadays who gets through a four-year degree without accumulating a significant amount of debt. Last year, the average student borrowed more than $38,000 in student loans. If you are worried about student loan debt, ...
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5 Tips Guaranteed to Help You Build Wealth After Graduation
If there's one thing that kids these days aim for, it's having a fat bank account. Of course, the road to financial independence starts after you have spent at least four years getting a college degree. No doubt, everything that comes afterward is ...
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Premier Student Loan Center Is Putting Customer Service Above New Clients
With post-secondary graduates facing an all-time high of student debt and staggering numbers of student loans entering into default, companies dedicated to providing financial assistance to borrowers were established. In operation for almost half a ...
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10 Ways Students Can Stretch Their Income While Studying
Nothing is as exciting to a high school student as pursuing higher education at the university of their choice. As a young adult, this is a golden opportunity for mastering your own destiny and being away from your parents' constant scrutiny. Of ...
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Grandfather Says: Grandmother’s College Graduation
Grandfather remembers when grandmother went to college.
Grandfather graduated in 1957 but Grandmother didn't finish until 1974, age 40.
Each of us was raised in a working class, bible-believing family and it didn't occur to us to get ...
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5 Things Every Student Must Know Before Renting Their First Apartment
The excitement of leaving home and going to college is a feeling that most students experience when they're making that big change in their lives. Many students rejoice over the fact that they'll be away from home where there are no house ...
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6 Jobs Recent College Graduates Can Perform Remotely
Facing the job market can be daunting for recent college graduates. Student loan repayment, monthly rent, and other expenses can mount quickly, and the shift from campus life to culture outside university walls might make sudden financial changes ...
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When an English Degree May Be a Sound Investment
Although an English degree might not end up on Len's list of the 10 worst things ever bought, it might not be far from the truth for many American college graduates.
Generally, in the United States a collegiate English degree is considered a ...
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6 Personal Finance Tools for College Students
As kids head off to college, they face a range of new temptations that can drain their financial resources. For many parents, the fear of a child falling into financial trouble is as deep as concern over academic performance. Unlike a semester of ...
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5 Common Money Mistakes New Graduates Need to Avoid
Let me be the first to tell you that it's OK to make mistakes.
Financial experts will tell you that the first few years after graduation are the most important. They're right. Compound interest means that the money you save today in your early ...
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22 Signs Your College Degree Might Not Be Worth the Money
There's more than a grain of truth in the old joke that goes something like this:
The engineering graduate asks, "How will it work?"
The physics grad wants to know, "Why does it work?"
And the liberal arts graduate asks, "Do you want fries ...
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7 Ways College Students Can Get Cash for Housing, Books and Tuition
College is expensive. It can be tough to keep up with tuition payments, room and board and textbook purchases; time is also at a premium.
So, how can you possibly find the extra cash to pay for all of these things?
Luckily, there are lots of ...
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Here Are Some Really Smart Ideas for Minimizing Student Loan Debt
Even though more and more college graduates are discovering that their degrees are not offering the return on investment that they originally anticipated, that's not stopping today's aspiring college grads from signing up for student loans.
In ...
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Why Private Schools Are a Financial Rip-Off
Most parents end up considering private education because they only want the best for their child. But today I'm going to show you why, from a purely financial perspective, private schools are not worth the price of admission.
Well, that is unless ...
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A Quick Look at the Hidden Costs of a College Education
Let's face it, folks: for most people, college is a really bad investment. That's why I'm constantly harping on the high cost of college and the importance of ensuring -- before you commit to higher education -- that the degree you're chasing will ...
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Poll: The 5 Biggest Money Regrets of 2015 — and How to Conquer Them
I'm confident that this time last year, scrawled on your list of New Year resolutions, was a sentence relevant to at least one of these four phrases:
'save money'
'stop spending'
'get out of debt'
'stick to a budget'
According to a ...
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