National Personal Finance Challenge
Catalog organization: Council for Economic Education
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What Is National Personal Finance Challenge?
The Council for Economic Education's National Personal Finance Challenge is a nationwide high-school team competition about earning income, spending, saving, investing, managing credit and managing risk. Teams begin with an online 30-question challenge. High-scoring teams advance under their state's process, state champions proceed nationally, finalists prepare a financial plan for a fictitious family, and the top 16 teams reach a personal-finance Quiz Bowl.
The latest official rules document located is labeled 2025 and specifies teams of three or four current high-school students plus an eligible adult coach. It also explains how students from schools, clubs, community organizations, afterschool programs and home-based schools can form teams. State organizers control state-level dates and details, so students should not rely on another state's calendar.
National Personal Finance Challenge Key Facts: Cost, Deadline, and Eligibility
| Cost | Varies — see Cost and funding |
|---|---|
| Format | Hybrid |
| Eligibility | Grades 9–12 |
| Application deadline | Dates not announced |
| Listing last updated | August 30, 2026 |
Program details shown here reflect the current catalog record.
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