Financial Literacy and Student Success

You can make affording your education easier with a little planning and education. 

Financial literacy is the ability for students to use their knowledge and skills to make good decisions related to budgeting, borrowing, and repayment strategies. Financial awareness resources can also help you make smart choices about reaching graduation, learning to stay within a budget, and promoting lifelong financial health. 

​Have you heard of GradReady? 

UWSP has partnered with Ascendium Education Solutions™ to provide Attigo student success solutions through our on-line financial wellness resource, GradReady.

It's a free, interactive, online tool that offers video lessons, tools, and tips to help you succeed financially, academically, and personally. This resource can be used before you get to college, throughout your college career, or even after you graduated. It contains different learning methods to appeal to anyone's preferred way of learning. And, it is free to anyone who wants to create an account! Yes, you heard us right!

We hope you'll take advantage of the resources offered here to help you manage your money, build budgets, learn more about loans, and keep track of what you owe as well as other related student success topics! We have staff members who are eager to assist you with navigating these resources especially our free online financial literacy and student success tool, GradReady. Please take a moment to review these resources and contact us today if you have questions! 

 

Did you know...

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  • You can compare the cheapest phone plans for college students at Money SavingPro?
  • og in to StudentAid.gov/login to see more details about your financial aid in the "Aid Summary" section of your Dashboard? This easy to use feature provides a detailed view into aid you've received and displays:
    • Federal grants received
    • Student loan balance
    • Progress toward loan payoff
    • School enrollment history
    • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) qualifying payment count


     

How Financial Aid Works
Chec​klists for Academic and Financial Preparation
Budgeting
Understanding Credit
Loan Repayment

How to Accept Your Financial Aid Offer

Presentations and Guides