Financial Literacy
The W&M Office of Financial Aid is committed to helping students build financial literacy on a wide range of topics, ranging from creating good credit to loan repayment.
The free online CashCourse program can help you learn real-world money management skills. If you do use this program, please email us at [[aid]] to let us know how it worked for you!
Here are additional links you may find helpful:
Budgeting
- Creating Your Budget (Federal Student Aid)
- 10 Simple and Free Budgeting Tools (U.S. News and World Report)
- 6 Ways to Pay Off Student Loans Fast (Forbes)
- Compare online textbook prices (Slug Books)
Personal Financial Tools
Common Mistakes
- 4 Common Money Mistakes College Students Make (CNBC)
- 13 Ways College Students Accidentally Ruin Their Finances (FinanceBuzz)
Financial Literacy
- Financial Awareness Basics (Education Credit Management Corporation)
- 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy (American Institute of CPAs)
- College Parents of America
