Financial Wellness 101

Financial Wellness and Well-being

We provide a wide range of resources to help you improve your financial well-being during your time as a student and after you graduate. 

In addition to topic-specific resources, we’ve collected a few general resources to help get you started on your financial wellness journey.

Watch

  •  — PBS series explaining personal finance and economic topics

Read

  • — Provides helpful financial guides and calculators related to credit cards, investing, insurance and banking.
  • — Financial education resource run by the federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission. Financial resources are broken down by life events and the five money principles: earn, save and invest, protect, spend and borrow.
  • — Run by Certified Public Accountants, 360degrees of Financial Literacy offers helpful articles, calculators and Money Minute videos on financial literacy topics.

Practice

  1. — iGrad is a free, online financial education platform available to college students. This platform offers interactive courses, calculators, and videos about personal finance topics.
  2.  — Is a free online educational video game that offers players an interactive learning experience on financial topics such as credit cards, investing, identity theft and more. 

Act

  • Financial Goal Setting — Take time to think about your financial goals. What do you want to accomplish? When would you like that goal completed? This printable PDF can help you create a plan to achieve your financial goals. 
  • Track Your Goals — Creating a visual system for tracking your progress is a great way to stay motivated by your money goals. Download one of these free coloring sheets and hang it somewhere that you'll see every day!

 

Disclaimer: These recommendations are being provided for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or approval by the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The University of Missouri-Kansas City bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the resources listed.