Anja Solum for MoneyGeek.com

Anja Solum is a data journalist at SmartAsset covering a variety of personal finance topics, including retirement and debt management. Before joining SmartAsset, she worked on both agency and in-house content marketing teams where she developed her love for data analysis and visualization. In her free time, she nurtures a passion for gaming, a recent addiction to anime and KDramas, and a mischievous labrador retriever. A bit of a nomad, she’s lived in Norway, Jamaica, and Denmark in addition to the U.S. but now resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Travel

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Business & Economy

These US cities offer the highest returns on your college investment

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Education

Cheapest and most expensive states for college tuition

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Weather

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Money

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Business & Economy

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Real Estate

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Money

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Society

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Money

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