Welcome to Education Cents
Education Cents was created by CollegeInvest, a not-for-profit division of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Our goal is to help you understand financial matters to provide the tools you need to help finance your and your family's higher education.
The Education Cents program is presented in units. You can choose which topics are most important or interesting to you. Or, based on your answers to our pre-test, we'll recommend which units you should begin first. Although you can continue as a guest, when you register your work is saved and your experience is personalized.
How do I get started?
Why use Education Cents?
For young adults: Understanding finances earlier in life is important both now and down the road. Education Cents will help you set goals to build the life you want. Education beyond high school should be in your plans – we'll show you how to manage your finances in college as well as how college can change your financial future. What are you waiting for? GET STARTED
For parents & families: The lessons in Education Cents will help you take control of your finances to reach your financial goals – and help you talk to your children and family about reaching theirs. Planning for education beyond high school is a part of that equation, either for yourself, your family or both! GET STARTED
For schools & organizations: Financial literacy is a crucial life skill to ensure workforce and college readiness. Education Cents provides information and tools to help students understand finances and make positive decisions to reach their future goals. We recognize that online learning is more effective with support from teachers, counselors, mentors or group leaders.That's why we're developing our facilitator dashboard to view student progress and monitor success. To request more information about this soon to be released feature, email facilitator@educationcents.org.
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