Overview

If you are thinking about whether or not graduate school is for you, this course can help! This course will help you determine how to fund your grad school education, visualize the impact of additional debt, see how an advanced degree could impact your employable income, and create a grad school budget.

    1. Introduction to Considering Graduate School

    1. Does Graduate School Make Sense for You?

    2. How Will Graduate School Impact Your Future Income?

    1. Funding Graduate School with Loans

    2. Comparing Federal & Private Loans

    3. Instructions: Your Debt Repayment Calculator

    4. Activity: Your Debt Repayment Calculator

    5. Funding Graduate School with Fellowships & Assistantships

    6. Funding Graduate School with... Credit Cards

    7. Funding Your Lifestyle in Graduate School

    1. Establishing a Graduate School Budget

    2. Instructions: Build Your Own Budget

    3. Activity: Build Your Own Budget

    4. Graduate School with a Family

    5. Graduate School with a Career

    1. Takeaways for Considering Graduate School

    1. How the MoneySmarts U Score Works

    2. MoneySmarts U Score Quiz for Considering Graduate School

    3. What Your MoneySmarts U Score Means

    4. How to Make Better Financial Decisions

About this course

  • Free
  • 20 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content