Getting a clear picture of what funds you will have and what you will need can prevent financial problems. Below you will find some suggestions and simple tools to help you meet and manage your budget.
Budgeting Tips
Budgeting 101- by Best Colleges
Great overview to get you up to speed on why a budget is useful and how you can get started.
Great overview to get you up to speed on why a budget is useful and how you can get started.
Budgeting Tools
Simple Budgeting Spreadsheet
This spreadsheet was put together by one of our Scholarship Board Members to help estimate cost for attending school. It can be downloaded at the following link:
fotc_budgeting_sheet.xlsx
College Budget Template
This general budgeting template can be edited to quickly show you how your expenses compare with your income.
college_budget_template.xlsx
Mint App.
Mint is a free app. that allows you to create budgets, connect to your bank accounts, and manage your money from your phone.
https://www.mint.com/
This spreadsheet was put together by one of our Scholarship Board Members to help estimate cost for attending school. It can be downloaded at the following link:
fotc_budgeting_sheet.xlsx
College Budget Template
This general budgeting template can be edited to quickly show you how your expenses compare with your income.
college_budget_template.xlsx
Mint App.
Mint is a free app. that allows you to create budgets, connect to your bank accounts, and manage your money from your phone.
https://www.mint.com/