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College savings: Not top priority?

Before opening a college account, you should tend to these three more urgent financial matters.

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Student Loan Averages
Product Rate +/- Last week
Stafford Loan Rate-in school 6.80%
6.80%
Stafford Loan Rate-after school 6.80%
6.80%
Plus Loan Rate 8.50%
8.50%
30K FICO-based Home Equity Loan 5.67%
5.67%
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ByDr. Don Taylor, Ph.D., CFA, CFP
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A family should be smart about using its college funding sources. That means federal aid, too.
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