If you’re a college student, you probably already have a credit card.

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With American Express, we combine the membership privileges with the affinity nature of most MBNA products -- the Penn State American Express card or the American College of Surgeons Amex cards -- and put a rewards platform on top of that and it's a compelling product for many customers, Donahue says.

President of Money Magic, Incorporated and money educator Mary Ann Campbell CFP says, The way for cash back to be a good option is if you are truly managing your credit cards where you are literally earning cash back but not turning around and paying it back in any other form.

Credit card companies make use of massive marketing campaigns of which you, as a college student, are constantly a target of.