Higher Education
Ways to Pay
Types of Savings Accounts
Costs of College
Money Smarts
100

A school where you can earn an array of degrees, PHDs, or certifications lasting an average of between two to four years.

What is a college or university?

100

A grant or funds given to a student to help pay for education

What is a scholarship?
100

An account that will gain interest while your funds are deposited

What is a savings account?

100

The cost of attending a higher education institution

What is tuition?
100

As of 2022, it cost about 1.5 cents to make a single one of these in the United States.

What is a penny?

200

A smaller, more cost-effective school that can focus on general studies to career certificates 

What is community college?

200

A job that is worked under 32 hours a week

What is a part-time job?

200

A place to safely put cash, coins, or other valuables

What is a safe?

200

An overlooked cost-heavy item or supply needed for almost all college (Most people are SHOCKED when they see how much these items are)

What are books/textbooks?

200

A household toilet is ___ than money.

What is cleaner?

300

A school specializing in one specific area of study focusing on technical skills, hands-on experience, and professional expertise. 

What is a trade school or vocational school?

300

A type of loan specifically for paying for education. Most of the time you don't have to start paying back on until after you are no longer at school.

What are student loans?

300

An account where funds can be deposited and locked up for a certain amount of time at a usually higher interest rate

What is a CD (certificate of deposit)?

300

A place to live while attending higher education. The costs of these are typically not included in tuition! 

What are dorms/student living apartments?

300

The highest counterfeited bill-however, in recent years, security measures have significantly reduced counterfeit occurrences. 

What is a $20 bill?

400

An arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job under an industry professional

What is an apprenticeship or an internship?

400

A reserve of funds that are specifically set to the side for emergencies, large purchases, or other uses.

What is a savings?

400

A type of account where you earn interest like a savings account but can use checks or other methods of paying straight out of the account unlike a savings account. Typically has higher or tiered interest rates

What is a money market account?

400

Other items that you'll need during higher education that can help you out tremendously such as a laptop, pens, notebooks, etc.

What are supplies? 

400

He is on the U.S. $100 bill attributing the nickname of those bills as “Benjamins”

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

500

It provides career training and education for 16- through 24-year-olds at no cost to students where they can earn the skills and gain the experience needed to begin a career or apprenticeship, advance to higher education, or join the military.

What is Job Corps?

500

A program most companies will introduce for their employees to help cover cost of tuition. Most of the time it is only offered if the field of study is relevant to the company's needs.

What are employer type grants/scholarships/fee reimbursements?

500

A tax-advantaged savings account designed to be used for a student's education expenses

What is a 529 Plan account?

500

Items that might need to be purchased specifically for a certain area of study (example: knives for culinary school)

What are job related tools?

500

He is on the front of the $10 bill, although he was almost removed before the popularity of a musical reversed the decision

Who is Alexander Hamilton?
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