Welcome to the Maryland Center for Collegiate Financial Wellness!

The Maryland Center for Collegiate Financial Wellness (MCCFW) fosters a continuum of campus-based financial wellness programming and supports that build financial life skills and empower students to thrive.

MCCFW promotes informed decision-making for college and career students and their families at critical decision points, including college/career selection and the borrowing and repayment of student loans. Our work is informed by continuously engaging two groups:

  • Students and Families

    MCCFW recognizes the complexity of decision-making for students and families wondering which college or career to select, and how to pay for higher education including FAFSA completion and borrowing and repaying student loans. We want to provide resources to help students succeed.

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  • Campus-Based Professionals

    MCCFW recognizes the importance of your role in addressing the unique needs of Maryland’s college and career students. We want to connect, share information and resources, and empower each other to move forward in advancing collegiate financial wellness.

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Virtual Symposium 4.0

MCCFW’s 2024 Virtual Symposium, Advancing Collegiate Financial Wellness as an Essential Ingredient for Student Success, took place on July 23, 2024.

2023-2024 Impact Report

What a difference a year makes!

Download the report to learn how MCCFW:

  • served students and families,

  • supported campus-based professionals, and

  • advocated for policies to support student financial wellness.

Special Announcement for federal student loan borrowers

The Department of Education is conducting a one-time update, the IDR Account Adjustment, to address past payment counting inaccuracies and fix the process going forward.

The Payment Count adjustment will:

  • apply many of the relaxed standards used during the Limited PSLF Waiver period and

  • help borrowers get closer to cancellation by granting credit toward both IDR cancellation and Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Some borrowers must act by June 30, 2024, to get the greatest benefit. Watch the video for details and next steps.

"I am appreciative of...the empowerment...having the belief and the knowledge that you can build generational wealth, you can invest...
you can really change the trajectory of your family."

— Fred Curtis, UMB Carey Law Class of 2015,
on his appreciation of the financial education he received as a law student.

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"These real life conversations were crafted to make us feel comfortable exploring the very real adventure of adulting that awaits us when we graduate. I'm so thankful that UMBC provided me with this type of education.

It is something every Maryland student should have the opportunity to access."

— Meredith Webber, UMBC graduate,
on the value of financial education she received during her undergraduate experience.