Category Archives: College Students

College Degree Scams

For many young adults, a college degree is the key to a secure financial future. Unfortunately, though, scammers are offering fake diplomas and bogus degree programs to the unsuspecting college-bound crowd. Here’s what you need to know about college degree scams. How the scams play out College degree scams can take on several forms: Diploma…

5 Tips For Preparing a Post-College Budget

Leaving college often means the start of a new job, student loan debt to pay off, new living arrangements to pay for and other new expenses to cover. All of this means your finances will likely need an overhaul. It’s time to create your post-college budget. If you’ve been working with a budget throughout college,…

With unemployment levels rising and many employers cutting work hours, lots of college grads are now struggling to meet their student loan payments. Thankfully, the federal government has passed legislation to ease this burden. Unfortunately, though, many borrowers are confused about the terms and conditions of these changes. Here’s all you need to know about…

There is one thing you can start doing this year to take away a lot of stress in your 20s, and that is to minimize your student loan burden. A lot of today’s students are graduating with the equivalent of a mortgage … but they have no house to show for it. There is no…