College/Career

The number of Americans earning college degrees continues to rise to levels never before seen. But not every college degree is equal, especially when you compare the potential earnings one can expect to make from one degree to another. NPR recently published a report that examines the highest, and lowest paying degrees for both Bachelors… Read More

For many people, the first year of college is the first time we take on responsibilities for our own finances. For that reason, it’s an important time in your life to learn a number of crucial financial lessons. Sara Frederick Burgos sites ten things that college students need to learn about money. One of the… Read More

While college costs are still rising at universities around the country, Sallie Mae’s annual “How America Pays for College” report suggests that more and more families are saving by choosing less expensive schools. For the first time in many years, the average college-related costs per student went down for the 2012-13 school year. Focusing on… Read More

There are a number of big ticket items that people will purchase in their lifetimes, such as cars, houses, and vacations. But there is perhaps no purchase that will be bigger than a college education. Most parents hope to help out, if not take care of their children’s college tuition completely. But the cost is… Read More

Heading off to college is an exciting time in many young people’s lives. For most young people this is the first experience living outside of a parent’s house and managing their own expenses. College life provides many unique experiences and challenges for a young adult, not the least of which is covering the huge expense… Read More

Alright, time to give your students some future college career advice. During college students can find some lucrative PAID internships now that the economy is back (or at least somewhat trending back). Students in technology and finance are at the top of the list of best compensated internships with monthly wages as much as $6074!… Read More

College-bound students are looking anxiously towards forthcoming letters from universities for the Fall 2013 class. While cost is always a factor in a student’s decision, the question may have recently been complicated by the Federal government’s ongoing budget debate. The automatic spending cuts that were scheduled to enter into effect on January 1, 2013 contained… Read More

Journalists are beginning to chronicle the return of a number of manufacturing and service jobs to the U.S. from abroad. Companies claim that a number of factors are making it cheaper to do more work locally, as opposed to sending it abroad where advantages in wages may be overcome by other costs. One take on… Read More

Fair Isaac Corp., which created the FICO score that is used as a measure of consumer credit risk, announced today that the delinquency rate on student loans stands at a multi-year high. The delinquency rate rose to 15.0% between 2010 and 2012, as opposed to a rate of 12.4% between 2005 and 2007. This seems… Read More

In the month of January, employees may have noticed that their pay check became a bit smaller. One explanation for this change is the expiration of the Social Security payroll tax, which had been cut since 2010, but rose again at the end of 2012. A recent article offers some early notions of how this… Read More