85%
Build Better Budgeting Habits
of adults who consistently had money left over each month had enough emergency savings to cover three months of expenses.
Financial Wellness for Every Seawolf
Build money skills for college, career, and life.
Financial decisions are part of every stage of your college experience. Whether you're figuring out how to pay for college, building your first budget, learning about credit, or preparing for life after graduation, Money Smart Seawolves is here to help.
Explore financial wellness resources at your own pace, attend a workshop, or take the next step with Seawolves' Financial Gameplan a structured financial wellness program offered in partnership with the Stony Brook University Career Center.
Your Money. Your Goals. Your Future
Money Smart Seawolves
Learn what you need, when you need it.
Money Smart Seawolves is your resource for practical financial education throughout your time at Stony Brook.
Explore practical information, tools, and workshops on paying for college, budgeting, saving, credit, loan repayment, and more. Start with the topics that matter most to you.
Bring Financial Wellness to Your Group
Request a Money Smart Seawolves workshop tailored to your student organization, class, residence hall, department, or campus group.
Seawolves' Financial Gameplan
Build your financial well-being and earn a graduation cord.
Explore money mindset, budgeting, emergency savings, and credit through a four-part financial wellness series led by the Career Center in collaboration with Financial Aid & Scholarship Services. Complete the signature virtual series to earn a Financial Wellness graduation cord.
Bring Financial Wellness to your Group
Faculty, staff, and student organizations can request an in-person workshop for their class, department, or campus group.
Financial Wellness by the Numbers
70%
The Power of Saving
of U.S. adults reported having enough savings to cover an unexpected expense of at least $500.
$127/mo
Start Investing Early
Investing $127 monthly beginning at age 18 could grow to approximately $500,000 by age 65, assuming a 7% annual return.