Certification Courses

The most comprehensive way to get certified in Personal Finance topics.

Offered for FREE in two formats

See a complete list of course topics and session descriptions in our Certification Course catalog Catalog
Live Course

Live

  • 2-hour interactive virtual sessions led by an instructor
  • Structured schedule of one or two sessions per week
  • Opportunity to collaborate with other educators
Self-Paced Course

Self-Paced

  • 2-hour self-guided modules with recorded lecture
  • Flexibility to complete all five modules on your own schedule before the cohort deadline
CEU Grad Credit

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NGPF REWARDS

Earn CEUs & Graduate Credit

NOTE: NGPF is transitioning this week to a new system. We appreciate your patience as we continue to finalize transferring all your PD hours, certificates, and exam information. You may see missing information this week as we complete the process. Thank you for your commitment to personal finance education!

Certification Courses

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Advanced Investing

Advanced Investing

Next Self-paced Cohort
Cohort #48: Oct 7 - Nov 6
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Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Economics

Next Live Cohort
Cohort #48: Oct 7 - Nov 4
Monday, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM PT
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Cryptocurrency Basics

Cryptocurrency Basics

Next Self-paced Cohort
Cohort #48: Oct 7 - Nov 6
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Paying for College

Paying for College

Next Live Cohort
Cohort #48: Oct 8 - Nov 5
Tuesday, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM PT
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Banking & Budgeting

Banking & Budgeting

Next Live Cohort
Cohort #48: Oct 9 - Nov 6
Wednesday, 2:00 PM-4:00 PM PT
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Career

Career

In this course, participants will learn up to the minute trends regarding 21st century careers, including how to prepare for in-person and virtual interviews, curating a successful LinkedIn profile, finding a career path for success, and more!

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Consumer Skills

Consumer Skills

In this course, participants examine the lives of modern consumers. We explore targeted advertising, social media influencers, deceptive web design elements, advanced scams, fraud threats, fake product reviews, and more!

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Credit

Credit

In this course, participants will explore major aspects of credit, loans, and debt management. We will also drill down on the complexities of the United States crediting system, common pitfalls, and current trends!

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Insurance

Insurance

This course will cover many facets of insurance from renters insurance, to homeowners insurance, to health insurance. Educators will walk away with a working knowledge of insurance types and forms.

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Investing

Investing

This course emphasizes vocabulary, content knowledge and NGPF resources for Investing instructional use. Participants will build the foundational understanding of: the value of investing early and often, compounding returns, stocks and bonds, and more!

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Taxes

Taxes

This course will dive deeply into the role of taxes, historically and today, as well as the different types of taxes in the U.S. such as payroll, sales, and property taxes and how the government uses them.

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