About Dave Rathmanner
Current Role
Founder and CEO, Upper 9 Media
Expertise
- Student Loans
- Personal Loans
- Credit Cards
- Small Business Loans
- Consumer Personal Finance Habits
Degrees
- Bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Delaware
Personal Finance Experience
Dave has researched, planned, and developed content around hundreds of personal finance topics ranging from student loans to small business loans to credit cards as the former vice president of content at LendEDU.
Aside from articles aimed at helping consumers make better financial decisions, Dave has published many in-depth, data-driven studies designed to gain insight into consumer spending habits and money management to figure out where consumers succeeding and struggling with their money, which colleges provide the best value for students, and much more.
Dave's studies have been featured in a number of national outlets, such as Chicago Tribune, Bloomberg, Forbes, CNBC, U.S. News, International Business Times, Consumer Reports, VICE, Yahoo Finance, and NPR.
Latest from Dave Rathmanner
LendEDU’s Venmo Transaction Study
Pizza, Drinks, Fantasy Football…and Sometimes Strippers I’ll pay for the pizza. Just Venmo me! Venmo, the popular mobile payment application in the United...
August Poll Finds Student Debtors Support Clinton & Many Remain Undecided
Summary: Online poll of 1,500 Americans with student loan debt Hillary Clinton wins (43%), Donald...
Survey Finds Student Debtors Think Student Debt is Bigger Threat Than ISIS
Summary: Online poll of 3,364 college graduates with student loan debt Bernie Sanders wins (36%),...
2016 College Students and Personal Finance Study
We are excited to release the results of our 2016 College Students and Personal Finance...
How Much Can You Save By Working Part-Time During College?
Nowadays, most students work part-time during college but there are still a great number of...
How Much More Money Will You Make Because of Your Degree?
People are always saying that a college education pays off many times over, but how...
February 2016 Student Loan Borrower Survey (Part 2)
The 2016 Presidential race is starting to pick up. In the coming weeks Nevada and...
February 2016 Student Loan Borrower Survey
Today, one in seven Americans currently has student loan debt. If you’ve recently graduated, this fact should come without surprise. Higher education is...
January 2016 Student Loan Borrower Survey
Earlier this month we traveled to a few local college campuses in search of student loan borrowers. Today, 7 out of 10 graduates...
Should You Marry Someone With Six Figures of Student Loan Debt?
Imagine meeting the man or woman of your dreams, falling in love and then finding...