Managing your money at the UO

We feel that it is very important for you and your family to make sound financial decisions while attending the University of Oregon. In order to assist you with financial planning we have provided you the opportunity to view what we believe are comprehensive yet easy to understand resources.

Personal Finance Educational Material

We have partnered with the National Endowment for Financial Education in order to offer you a wide variety to personal finance resources to assist you with managing your money effectively.

CashCourse.org

• Financial Basics
• Paying for College
• College Life
• World of Work

The following tutorials are provided by EdFund. EdFund is a nonprofit corporation that provides student loan guarantee services. The University of Oregon has been allowed to provide links to these tutorials without direct or indirect compensation from EdFund.

Please take the time to review all the materials that meet your financial interests.

• Less is More: Smart Budgeting: focuses on short-term financial planning
• Securing Your Financial Future: discusses long-term financial planning
• Managing Credit Cards- Planning to Prosper: provides valuable information about credit cards and credit reports
• Credit Reports: provides insight on how lenders use credit reports

Free Credit Report Information

Access information regarding your free credit reports. The Federal Trade Commission provides a broad base of consumer information to assist you with maintaining a good, clean credit report.

AnnualCreditReport.com is the official site to help consumers to obtain their free annual credit report online.

Consumer Credit Reporting Companies:

• Experian
• Equifax
• TransUnion