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Courtney Mihocik

Senior editor, credit cards
  • 5
    Years of experience
Ribbon Icon EXPERTISE
  • Building credit
  • Credit scores
  • Credit card trends
  • 0% APR cards
  • Card fees & interest
Education Icon EDUCATION
  • Bachelor of Science in Journalism, Ohio University

Courtney Mihocik is a senior credit cards editor for Bankrate. She specializes in helping people with limited or no credit understand their options for improving their credit scores. She focuses on the subprime category and provides guidance to people on their credit-building journeys.

Courtney is passionate about creating a space where people can learn more about managing their personal finances, specifically helping her peers achieve their credit card and credit score goals. She believes that public education fails to teach the essentials of personal finance to students and wants to make up for it in her editorial work.

Previously, she led insurance content at Reviews.com and worked as the loans editor at The Simple Dollar, where she produced daily personal finance articles from founder Trent Hamm in addition to student, personal, business and bad credit loan articles. Before entering the digital media space, Courtney worked in hyper-local print journalism, covering arts, culture, food, news and more for publications in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Courtney wants you to know
Courtney graduated college with a 750 credit score, which quickly plummeted to the 500s when she nearly defaulted on her high student loan payments she couldn’t afford. After applying for an income-driven repayment plan and six years of careful budgeting, hustling and responsible credit use, she’s happy to report her credit score is back hovering around 720 and she can qualify for better financial products.

Make your credit cards work for you in your overall financial health. Don’t let them become an interest-generating burden.

— Courtney Mihocik

Courtney's Picks

Closeup of a person holding a credit card over a grocery cart in a frozen food aisle.
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Frustrated by hitting your rewards spending caps? Me too

Inflation is hitting Americans hard despite finally slowing to pre-pandemic levels as of September 2024. And many people are feeling it most when paying for essentials like housing, utilities and insurance. [...]

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How I saved thousands of dollars on a trip to Australia with credit card points and miles

How I saved thousands on my trip to Australia using points.

Happy senior couple using credit card and digital tablet
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Do we still love our credit cards? Bankrate staff weigh in on their card relationships

Here’s how Bankrate editors feel about their credit cards.

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