Millions of high school students across the U.S. will graduate in 2022 with one important course under their belt: personal finance.
Recent momentum among states requiring personal finance education in high school means that nearly 1 in 4 students will take such a course before they graduate this year, according to Next Gen Personal Finance’s 2022 State of Financial Education report, released Thursday.
That’s a huge change from 2018, when the first report was issued and only 16.4% of high school students in the country were guaranteed a personal finance class. It also means that Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit, is on track to reach 100% of students with guaranteed access to personal finance education by 2030, a goal of the organization.
