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Mike Brown

Mike Brown uses data from surveys and publicly-available resources to identify emerging personal finance trends and tell unique stories. Mike’s work, featured in outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, provides consumers with a personal finance measuring stick to make informed financial decisions.

About Mike Brown

Current Role

Personal finance reporter

Degrees

  • Bachelor's degree in history and political science from the University of Delaware

Latest from Mike Brown

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The Best Colleges For Financial Aid

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Cities Best Positioned For Economic Advancement in the New Decade

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Colleges Giving International Students the Most (and Least) Financial Aid

A look at the average financial aid package offered to international students at 738 colleges...

What Is the Average Tax Debt in Each State in 2019?

Using data from Solvable that featured 75,000 unique tax debt cases, LendEDU found average tax...

The Cost of Christmas in 2019

For the third consecutive year, LendEDU has surveyed 1,000 adult Americans to find out the cost of Christmas in 2019. Plus, there's a...

Cost of Thanksgiving in 2019

For the third consecutive year, LendEDU found out how much the average American will be spending on Thanksgiving between food and travel. It...

Student Loan Default Rates by School & State

Using the newest data from the Department of Education, LendEDU lists the student loan default...