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
- — iGrad is a free, online financial education platform available to college students. This platform offers interactive courses, calculators, and videos about personal finance topics.
- — 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.