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How Does Student Loan Debt Affect Scoring

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reneasworld
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How Does Student Loan Debt Affect Scoring

I have gone back to school and of course the loans for college post each semester. They are all compliant but payments are not due until I finish with my degree. How do the loans affect my score since they are on my report, good standing but it reflects a large amount of loans.

Starting Scores (5/2014): EQ 569, TU 601, EX 589
Current Scores (07/08/2015): EQ 640, TU 640, EX 654
Goal (12/2015): 700 across the board
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Revelate
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Re: How Does Student Loan Debt Affect Scoring


@reneasworld wrote:

I have gone back to school and of course the loans for college post each semester. They are all compliant but payments are not due until I finish with my degree. How do the loans affect my score since they are on my report, good standing but it reflects a large amount of loans.


We've recently had some debate on installment loans and possible penalties for having a high current balance to original / maximum balance ratio, but it's minor compared to the way credit card utilization ratios work.

 

To wit: if the tradelines are reporting positively, I wouldn't worry about them at all.  




        
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