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Capital One Savor for Students: terms, score and downsides

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Rubric score 61.4% across 78 cards. Issuer page ↗

Downsides first

• APR up to 28.74% if you carry a balance
• Late fee up to $40
• Grocery 3% excludes superstores like Walmart/Target per issuer terms.

Terms & fees

• IssuerCapital One
• Typestudent
• Annual fee$0 capitalone.com, 2026-10-12
• Regular purchase APR18.74%–28.74% variable capitalone.com, 2026-10-12
• Rewards1% base; 3% dining; 3% groceries; 3% streaming capitalone.com, 2026-10-12
• Sign-up bonus (≈$)$50 $50 after $100 in purchases within 3 months capitalone.com, 2026-10-12
• Intro APRnone No intro APR shown capitalone.com, 2026-10-12
• Foreign transaction feenone files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Penalty APRnone No penalty APR appears in the issuer's CFPB-filed agreement (only penalty fees are listed) consumerfinance.gov, 2026-06-30
• Late feeup to $40 up to; Up to $29.00 for first late fee. files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Balance transfer feenot found files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Cash advance fee5% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Credit neededno credit score, ≤619, 620–719, 720+ (CFPB TCCP targeted tiers) files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Grace period25 days files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• Cash advance APR29.24% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31
• CFPB survey APR (2025-12-31)18.74%–29.24% files.consumerfinance.gov, 2025-12-31 older; issuer figure above is newer

Complaint record (CFPB)

• Complaints, last 12 months33,730
• Trend▲ 5.2% (last 12 mo 33,730 vs prior 12 mo 32,048)
• Timely response (last 36 mo)100.0%
• Per $1B deposits (12 mo)65.8
• Top issueIncorrect information on your report
• Insurance statusFDIC-insured: Capital One, National Association (cert 4297, active; deposits $512.6B as of 06/30/2026)

Company-level (CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION), all products, as of 2026-10-12. Capital One complaints: full record → Shown for context; does not change the score.

Score breakdown

• Annual fee 10.0/10Annual fee $0 (as of 2026-10-12). Rubric: $0=10, ≤$95=8, ≤$395=5, ≤$695=3, more=1 (perks/credits are not counted).
• Rewards rate 5.0/10Base 1% on everything, top category 3% (as of 2026-10-12; points/miles valued at 1¢). Score = base/2%×7 + min(top,6)/6%×3. 1% base; 3% dining; 3% groceries; 3% streaming
• Sign-up bonus 0.7/10Bonus ≈ $50: $50 after $100 in purchases within 3 months (as of 2026-10-12). Score = value/$75, max 10.
• Intro 0% APR 0.0/10No intro APR shown (as of 2026-10-12). Score = months/21×10.
• Regular APR 7.3/1018.74%–28.74% variable (as of 2026-10-12); midpoint 23.74%. Score = (34 − midpoint)/1.4, 0–10.
• Foreign transaction fee 10.0/10No foreign transaction fee (as of 2025-12-31).
• Regulatory record (CFPB) 10.0/10Issuer Capital One: Base 10, 0 CFPB 2025-01 (dismissed)

0.143×10.0 + 0.143×5.0 + 0.143×0.7 + 0.143×0.0 + 0.143×7.3 + 0.143×10.0 + 0.143×10.0 = 6.14 → 61.4%

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FAQ

What is the Capital One Savor for Students annual fee?

$0

What is the Capital One Savor for Students APR?

18.74%–28.74% variable

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