Lessons from college students on living frugally 20 Articles

by C. Kay Rowley

The 10 Best Bargains of All Time! 1. The Models' Mascara: You can spend more at the cosmetic counter, but why? Did you realize that New York's most famous models stick with the tried and true mascara wand they know tha...read more

by Sarah Shebek

College cash cows are hard to come by. Ignoring the elite few who have managed to obtain full-ride scholarships or have incredibly wealthy parents who are doling out the payment for an expensive education, we college st...read more

by Raven Lebeau

Neither my husband nor I ever had student loans. While he uses his education formally by working in the cubicle-filled hell that is corporate America, I use mine informally, tutoring kids, blogging for money, and trading ...read more

by Smarty Pantz

LIVING ON $90 A MONTH You probably couldn't do it today, but in the 1950's I lived on $90 a month. This was how much I received monthly from the government on the G.I. Bill after serving three-and-a-half years in the A...read more

by Rhian

Having two accountants as parents, you'd have thought I'd know a bit about managing money. Granted, I have Microsoft Money set up and know how to reconcile' my bank account, but unfortunately, as I discovered, there is a b...read more

by Matt Pelishek

Chances are if you were like the vast majority of college students, you lived on very minimal income. Some students have part-time, low paying jobs, but thats about as much money as you make while going to school. It...read more

by Cairns Faber

Remember how while in college you could get by with less than $400 a month? Why is it that once you start working, even $2000 is not enough for you? Let's see where we have gone wrong. - Spend on what is neccessary fir...read more

by Kathy H

College years can be exciting and rewarding. This is the time when you're finding out who you are and becoming a part of who you would like to be . This can also be time for socializing so you need to come up with way...read more

by Paul Lines

Living frugally as a student, at least in the UK, is not easy, but it can be done. Try this. 1) Supermarket basic brands - For example Tesco's do many items between 13 and 20p (25 and 38 cents). For about six pounds ($1...read more

by Sheryl Swan

By necessity, college students can be quite innovative when it comes to living frugally. I remember when I was in college, nobody had a lot of money to buy frivolous or expensive things. Here were some of the ways we saved...read more

by Nisha Danny

College students mostly have to live frugal to make both ends meet including high college tution fees.They have to be a bit frugal working hard,earning for collge fees and many other necessary things requires their hard e...read more

by Veeryavan Ramkhelawon

I wish I was amongst those frugal students list when I was studying abroad, but I was more of a squanderer than anything else. However, here are some lessons I will make sure to teach my daughter or anyone that will sou...read more

by Kay Asher

College students are notorious for always being broke. I can understand this completely because, while I do have a part-time job, retail does not pay well relative to all the expenses I incur on a regular basis. After a ...read more

by Erin Yorke

Buy used textbooks from other students, online (check out Amazon), used book stores,or even yard sales. Every year in April, December, or September and sometimes at random times of the year, many universities offer used bo...read more

by Krishna Shanmukh

In our college days we generally pay more attention on saving money and utilizing it properly. In our college life, we try to cut/reduce the unnecessary expenditures as much as possible. So there are various lessons which ...read more

by Les Zsoldos

College students often need to live frugally because they don't have so much money to spend. I speak from personal experience. What are good ways to save money? One way to save on drinks is to simply boil green tea leav...read more

by Erik Van Tongerloo

There are always things that you can learn from college students in the way they live. College students have mostly not much money and they need to live frugally otherwise they can't pay the necessary expenses. Students...read more

by Stephanie Rockrohr

All right, I don't recommend building a sofa out of pizza boxes. Firstly, the cheese-grease smell would eventually seep into the carpet destroying any chance of a security deposit refund. Secondly, unlike pizza boxes sho...read more

by Lauri Jean Crowe

I was a frugal college student and there were a few things that I found very helpful - first and foremost were Ramen Noodles. Often you can buy these tasty noodle treats 5/$1.00 and they fill you up. It's not exactly brain...read more

by Bryony Littlewood

Lessons for college students in living frugally don't really differ to much from lessons for the rest of us. We all go through stages where we have to be very careful about cash. There are plenty of things you can do to ...read more