Everything students, parents and schools ask before getting started, answered in plain English.
High school and college students getting ready for their financial firsts: a first job, first paycheck, first credit card, first apartment. Northbrook Academy is for anyone who is looking for the financial education they missed in school and would like the opportunity to personalize financial education into a financial strategy that works for them!
Northbrook Academy is also for parents and relatives who want to see their children head into adulthood knowing how money actually works, and then do something about it.
No. The course starts with money basics and builds from there, with no complicated jargon. If you’ve ever looked at a pay stub and wondered where the rest of it went, you’re in the right place.
Yes. Northbrook Academy offers one-on-one financial coaching with a certified Northbrook Academy coach who can help personalize financial education into a financial strategy for you to act on. Northbrook coaches listen, analyze, and provide guidance and suggestions for smart financial decisions. Learn about coaching.
Nine modules: Money and You, Banking Basics, Cash Flow, Debt and Credit, Investing Basics, Assets and Liabilities, Understanding Taxes, and Insurance. The last module brings it all together and includes a downloadable checklist so you leave with your own financial roadmap.
Most programs focus on information and definitions. Northbrook focuses on decisions and behavior: how emotions affect money choices, why systems beat willpower, how small habits compound and why people overspend. You practice making the call in real-world scenarios instead of memorizing terms.
Lessons are interactive and built around real-world scenarios. Assessments check your understanding along the way, and progress tracking shows where you left off, so you can learn at your own pace.
Most modules take anywhere between 25 and 45 minutes to complete. The entire course can typically be completed in 4 to 8 hours, depending on your pace.
No. Northbrook teaches how investing, credit, insurance and taxes work so you can make your own informed decisions. It doesn’t recommend specific investments, products or companies.
There is a saying in investing that the best time to invest was yesterday, and the second-best time is today. We believe that the earlier someone becomes financially empowered, the better. We mostly work with high school and college students, early-career professionals, and newlywed couples. However, Northbrook Academy is designed to help anyone looking to understand how money works and then apply that knowledge to build a successful financial future.
Anyone taking the Northbrook Academy online course will set up their own unique username and password to access the course and track progress. Students may share their login information with parents or anyone else, but parents will not have their own separate login to track the student’s progress.
The course is currently available as a self-paced, independent course that is completed entirely online, but we do offer discounts for group purchases. Contact us for more information.
Our course is not currently available for direct sale to schools or universities, but we hope to have a course available for schools and universities soon. Contact us for more information.
The full course is $375. You can see current options on the course page. Discounts are available for group purchases. Contact us for more information.
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