Financial Literacy

Personal Financial Literacy is the ability to understand and analyze your finances and your financial opportunities enabling you to participate more fully in the decisions and make informed choices. We all want our students to be financially literate when they step into the world of higher education; including understanding financial aid, loans, debt, rising costs and managing a budget.

The office of financial aid recommends using the following resources:

• CashCourse
• Calculators:
  • Saving Growth Projection
  • Loan Repayment Estimator
  • Other Calculators
• Control Your Credit
• Credit Reports
• Money Management
  • MyMoney.gov – The U.S. government’s site for financial education
  • HomeMoneyHelp.com – site offers simple ways to save money on day-to-day living
• Debt Management
  • NFCC.org – site provides information on setting up debt repayment plans
• Identity Theft
  • OptOutPrescreen.com – site where you can opt out of pre-screened credit offers
  • Consumer.gov/idtheft – the Federal Trade Commission’s official site on dealing with identity theft
  • PrivacyRights.org/identity.htm – site provides information on preventing identity theft
• Credit Cards
  • BankRate.com – site has rate information for credits cards, mortgages, and explains how to manage credit