Welcome to Education Cents – Free Financial Literacy Program by College Invest Colorado

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.

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Who Are We?​

Education Cents offers a login-enabled, interactive website with a self-paced curriculum accompanied by presentations and a printed guide.

Our financial literacy curriculum 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.

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Partnership

We understand that many other not-for-profit organizations have special expertise in financial literacy. Our curriculum and tools are complementary to their exceptional contributions and will be offered collaboratively. Partnering with other expert organizations by sharing materials, access, and users to the greater benefit of Colorado families is a principal value for this program.

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Head and Heart Approach

The Education Cents financial education program includes information and tools addressing broad personal finance topics such as managing a budget, credit and debt, income and spending, saving and investments, and college financing. The program is presented in units so that users can choose which topics are most important or interesting to them.

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Higher Education Focus

Or, based on answers to a few brief questions, we can recommend which units to get started. For our registered users, we save their work and even keep the information entered into Education Cents tools so that users can pick up right where they leave off.

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Education Cents is a free program from the Colorado Department of Higher Education’s College Invest. If you would like to reference information from the Education Cents program.

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What Our Students Say About Us​

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EducationCents.org made learning about money so easy and fun. The modules are interactive, and I finally understand budgeting and saving. Highly recommended for students like me!
John M., High School Senior
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As a parent, I loved how EducationCents.org offered practical lessons my kids could actually use. Plus, the progress tracking feature kept them motivated to complete each module.
David R.,Denver, CO
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Our school started using EducationCents.org this year, and the facilitator dashboard is a game-changer. Teachers can monitor progress while students learn at their own pace.
Laura P.,Middle School Teacher

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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 financial education 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’ve developed our facilitator dashboard to view student progress and monitor success. LEARN MORE about this feature.

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