Cash Course Financial Education Program
Heritage Christian University with help from Cash Course, an online resource from the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) is taking a proactive approach to improving our students’ financial well-being. We recently joined the more than 550 colleges and universities across the U.S. that are using Cash Course, a free, unbiased and noncommercial financial education solution for students and recent graduates. Cash Course provides financial resources for students and alumni who want to develop smart money management skills. Topics include protecting your credit, preventing identity theft, sources of financial aid, and understanding insurance and taxes. Take quizzes testing your financial knowledge, use financial calculators, and learn financial basics from one of many sources.
Financial Literacy
Student financial aid is not the only question students may have about money while in college. Financial Literacy is having the ability to understand and intelligently discuss topics related to personal and educational finances. It means having the knowledge that enables you to make informed and effective decisions through your understanding of finances. Financial Literacy is an essential part of planning and paying for post-secondary education. It covers many things: budgeting, use of credit cards, insurance, tips on money management, and much more. The HCU Office of Financial Aid now offers a wide variety of financial aid education resources for our students. We believe that financial education is important because it provides a support system that will help students to develop money management skills while in college, improve college financial aid literacy, and offset hard financial situations due to difficulties repaying accumulated college debt.
Click the various links below and to the right on this page to access more information to help in making good financial decisions.
Additional links to find help in making good financial decisions.
Budgeting and Money Management
- Adventures in Education
- Cash Course
- Mapping Your Future
- My Money - provides basic financial education
Credit Cards
Credit Scores
- What’s My Score - Estimates your credit Score
- Credit Karma - Gives you a FREE Credit Score and tools for calculating changes.
Federal/State Student Aid
Financial Calculators
Savings
- Smart About Money
- My Bank Tracker - A great website about what interest rates are currently being offered.
Student Loan Debt Management
- National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) - A great tool for looking up your Federal Student Loans
- Loan Discount Analyzer
- Mapping Your Future
- Direct Loan Servicing Online




