How To Build Credit History College Students

Student Credit Cards

Here are some of the best student credit cards. Apply for one or several:

College Students Need to Establish Credit Worthiness

College students should establish credit worthiness by paying off their debts, not spending like tomorrow never comes. Use credit cards wisely.

Just imagine typical young college students, some with part time jobs, grasping their first credit card. They are eager to use it to buy all the things they need so much.

There is intense competition to provide credit cards to students. Some banks pay highly to be an approved "university supplier" of credit to college students. Cards are issued to students without a job. Gifts such as T-shirts, pizza discounts, backpacks are provided to those who sign up.

And most college students aren't any smarter about credit than adults. One out of five college students accumulate $10,000 or more in credit card debt by graduation.

Once college students are hooked on credit, they will usually be loyal to the credit card issuer for life. Nothing makes a blue suited bank executive happier than a new convert to the life of eternal debt.

Credit Report History

Your credit report is a history of your credit transactions. This includes on time payments, late payments, credit cards, mortgages, and lots more.

Late payments can remain on your report for up to 7 years. A bankruptcy can be seen for 10 years. Current, outstanding, unpaid debts can remain on your report while they are unpaid and for 7 years beyond that.

Credit Report Scores - Computing Then

Your credit report scores are based on factors that appear in your credit reports:

• Bill payment history (Good: on time and for the full amount)
• Total outstanding debt (Good: non-mortgage loan payments less than 5% of gross income)
• Types of debt (Good: mortgage, car loans, Bad: high credit card debt)
• Length of credit history (Good: 3 or more years of on time payments)
• Credit inqueries (Bad: many rejected applications)

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) prohibits certain factors from being used in determining your credit report score:

• Personal details such as sex, marital status, age, race, national origin, or because you receive public assistance income
• Sources of income such as regular alimony, child support, or separate maintenance payments

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act provides actions for you to take if suspect unauthorized factors are being used to deny you credit.

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