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Student Loan Averages

Product	Rate	+/-	Last week
Stafford Loan Rate-in school	3.40%		4.50%
Stafford Loan Rate-after school	6.80%		7.14%
Plus Loan Rate	7.90%		8.50%
$30K home equity loan FICO	6.18%		6.21%

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ByDr. Don Taylor, Ph.D., CFA, CFP, CASL

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Broke mom co-signed loan

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