one is the fico score, and one is the vantage score.enerally these two scores are going to score your credit between 300 and up to 850, and the higher your number, the less risk to credit card companies, landlords, utilities, anyone else you're doing business with. consumers with excellent credit scores, usually around 760 or higher, are given the lowest interest rates, the highest credit limits, the lowest premiums on insurance policies. but if your score is lower, as everyone out there watching probably knows, it can quickly turn into a financial nightmare, not just for you, but also for your family. in 2016 experian, one of the three national credit reporting agencies reported in their seventh annual state of credit report, that the nation's average credit score was 673, and that's based on the vantage score 3.0 model, very common, that rates credit between 300 and 850. - so a majority of americans are paying through the nose for credit. - through the nose, larry, millions of dollars more than they would if they had a higher score. a