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Financial Literacy

Financial literacy is your ability to understand financial information and make smart financial choices. Use the resources below to learn more about personal finance, credit and loans, managing your money, repaying student loan debt, and other aspects of financial literacy.

When it comes to your financial aid and managing student loans, please be sure to contact the College's Financial Aid Office. Visit the Financial Aid portal page for more information.

Basic information

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulates the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services under the federal consumer financial laws and educates and empowers consumers to make better informed financial decisions.
Get Smart About Money
Smart About Money is one of the many programs of the National Endowment for Financial Education®. NEFE® is an independent, nonprofit foundation committed to educating Americans on a broad range of financial topics and empowering them to make positive and sound decisions to reach their financial goals.
MyCreditUnion.gov and Financial Literacy
Learn about Financial Literacy Month.
MyMoney.gov
This website is a product of the Congressionally chartered Federal Financial Literacy and Education Commission, which is made up of more than 20 Federal entities that are coordinating and collaborating to strengthen financial capability and increase access to financial services for all Americans.

Student Loan/College Debt Information

CFPB Paying for College
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulates the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services under the federal consumer financial laws and educates and empowers consumers to make better informed financial decisions.
StudentAid.gov
Federal Student Aid, a part of the U.S. Department of Education, is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation.
StudentLoans.gov
A website by the US Department of Education with information on FAFSA and student loans.
You Can Deal With It
YouCanDealWithIt.com provides practical and easy-to-understand advice on how to deal with common financial situations facing today's college students and recent graduates.

Managing Your Money

360 Financial Literacy
360 Degrees of Financial Literacy is a FREE PROGRAM of the nation's certified public accountants to help Americans understand their personal finances through every stage of life.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The BLS site can help you figure out salary ranges for careers. Know what to expect from a starting salary and your potential earnings throughout you career can help you budget.
Investor.gov
Brought to you by the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Investor.gov is your online resource to help you make sound investment decisions and avoid fraud.
Practical Money Skills
Through its global financial literacy initiative, Visa’s award-winning Practical Money Skills program strives to link consumers, educators, banks and governments to the tools and resources they need, helping individuals and communities develop their money management skills.

Credit and Loans

FTC Consumer Info: Credit and Loans
A website by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Decisions about credit and loans involve lots of factors, including how much money you need, what terms you’re offered, and who is behind the offer. If you are choosing a credit card or wondering whether offers of credit and loans are on the up and up, these tips can help.
FTC Consumer Info: Money and Credit
A website by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Money matters. And using tried and true strategies for dealing with money — or the lack of it — can make a big difference to your present and your future. Whether you are saving, spending, or borrowing money, this is information you can’t afford to overlook.
FTC Free Credit Reports
A website by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This page provides information on obtaining your free credit reports from the reporting agencies.

Online Learning Modules from PSECU

PSECU Learn
This online learning website encompasses both PSECU’s WalletWork (financial education resources) and Everfi (customized online learning platform).

Online Learning Modules from Truist

Truist Financial Education Center
Short modules on a variety of financial literacy topics, such as credit scores and reports, considering home ownership, and creating a budget.

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Financial Literacy

This program supports financial literacy, one of the skills essential to 21st century success according to the PA Library Association's PA Forward program. Learn more about PA Forward at the PA Forward website.

Financial Literacy: Resources

Financial Literacy

Basic information

Student Loan/College Debt Information

Managing Your Money

Credit and Loans

Online Learning Modules from PSECU

Online Learning Modules from Truist

Have a question? Ask me

Financial Literacy

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