Student loan preferences are shifting fast.

College students or parents looking to take out private student loans will typically have to choose whether they want a fixed or variable rate. So which do most select? It's not even close.

Learn more about student loan rates and how they’re set.

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About 70% of college students rely on loans to finance their education, according to the Urban Institute. And while federal student loans offer lower rates and more hardship relief options, they're ...

A man in his 30s, identified as Kim, who visited a bank last month to secure a mortgage for his newlywed home, struggled to choose between fixed and variable interest rates. He was told that a 5-year ...