This module, shown in four parts below, highlights ways to determine your income and your expenditures, ways to generate money, a variety of methods for decreasing spending and saving money, and provides further resources regarding money management for students.

A text-only version of this page is also available.

Part 1: Paying for College

Click on each comic strip to see the next row of the comic (each comic is 6-9 rows long).

Part 2: How to Generate Money

Part 3: How to Decrease Expenses

Part 4: How to Decrease Expenses - Continued

Additional Resources

If you'd like more information on money management, here are some great resources:

• PCC courses such as STU 102 - Personal Finance in College Decision Making
• Paying for School on the PCC website
• Financial aid at FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
• Scholarships and Grants on the PCC website
• PCC Foundation Scholarships including STARS Online - the Pima Community College Foundation’s web-based scholarship application and evaluation program, available in early Spring each year with a deadline in Spring each year.
• Fastweb – information about scholarships, financial aid, etc.
• Articles at Smartmoney