Building your credit as a college student is huge, and thankfully there are a ton of good credit cards for college students! Unfortunately, there are also a ton of bad credit cards marketed to college students that you'll want to stay far away from.
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In this video, we'll be going over the best credit cards for students in 2021. College students have way more options than they realize when it comes to choosing a first (or second) credit card, and some of these options flat out suck.
There are a bunch of predatory companies targeting college students for credit cards that will hit them with ridiculous fees and make their lives terrible. But at the same time, there are some amazing student credit cards out there that will let college students build their credit and rack up rewards at the same time.
In order to make it on to the list of best college student credit cards for 2021, each credit card had to have:
1) No fees
2) Easy approval for college students
3) Good rewards potential
All of the best credit cards for students meet these criteria and some go way above them.
Additionally, if you stick around until the end, I'll share with you a pro tip you can use to build your credit FAST as a college student so you can become eligible for a host of amazing credit cards.
Enjoy!
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00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Criteria For A Good Student Credit Card
00:54 - #5 Tomo Credit Card
03:09 - #4 Journey Student Rewards Capital One
07:49 - #3 Bank of America Cash Rewards For Students
10:38 - #2 Chase Freedom Student
14:38 - #1 Discover IT Student Cash Back
17:50 - Bonus Pro Tip
19:13 - Outro
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