Financial Wellness
The Financial Wellness program strives to provide resources, guidance, and activities to help students manage their money and build healthy financial habits towards stability.
Why is it important?
Money plays a critical
role in our lives and not having enough of it impacts health as well as academic performance. Financial stress is repeatedly found to be a common source of stress, anxiety and fear for college students. Keeping track of expenses, making a budget,
and sticking to it are important skills to have in order to be finically responsible and independent. Learning how to maximize your financial wellness now will help you feel prepared to handle potentially stressful financial situations in the future.
External Virtual Financial Resources
Managing your spending and saving
Mint
This popular budgeting app securely connects directly to your bank account and automatically updates your spending. You can create multiple budgets on Mint and make them as specific as you’d like! Mint also has the Cash vs. Credit option which lets you see your total credit card balances versus the cash you have to pay them off.
Personal Capital
Another budgeting app, similar to Mint, which wrangles all accounts into one platform. This platform shows separate graphs for your cash flow, you’re budget, and your investments. This app can be used for simple budgeting or more complex finances.
Managing your credit
Grow your wealth
Credit Karma
Get your free credit scores, monitor your credit report and get recommendations to improve your score.
Acorns
Invest your spare change from debit card swipes into a diversified portfolio. Withdraw at any time with no charge. FREE for college students with a valid .edu email address for up to 4 years.
Become financially literate
Finimize
Understand today’s financial news within 3 minutes, in language you can relate to. Subscribe to the fun, daily newsletters for free.
Wellness & Recreation Services
CU Denver
Lola & Rob Salazar Student Wellness Center
1355 12th Street
Denver, CO 80204
303.315.WELL (9355)
