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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

Survey: Millennials May Have a Serious Debt Problem

In a survey of 1,000 millennials, LendEDU found that many members of this generation carry...

Study: Students Lose Confidence in Career Outlooks as They Progress Through College

A survey of over 7,000 college students uncovered concerning data regarding how colleges prepare students...

How Do Millennial Outlooks on Personal Finance Vary By Income Level?

Surveying 1,000 Millennials split evenly between three income brackets, LendEDU gauged how this generation perceives...

Who is Paying For College? It Might Depend On Race or Institution

With over 13,000 answers from current college students, LendEDU analyzed how much responsibility students bear...

On Average, Raising a Child Costs $13,186 in First Year

In a survey of 1,000 parents, LendEDU put some data behind the financial commitment that...

Top Colleges & Universities For Federal Work-Study Financial Aid

According to the most recent data compiled by LendEDU, the average cost for attending a...

Expectations vs. Reality: Early Career Salaries

According to new data analyzed by LendEDU, college students expect to make $60,000 out of...

The Impact of Legal Sports Betting: 60% of Now-Legal Bettors Had Never Wagered Before

Just a little over six months ago, sports betting in the United States was legal...

Study: Those ATMs You’ve Been Using Are Dirtier Than You Think

Just how dirty are the ATMs that we so often use? LendEDU took to New...

Report: 2018’s CFPB Student Loan Complaints

Throughout 2018, consumers submitted nearly 10,000 student loan-related complaints to the CFPB. LendEDU analyzed these...