Attention: High School Personal Finance Teachers...

Registration for the Personal Finance Challenge (PFC)

is open through March 1, 2026.

What

The Personal Finance Challenge (PFC) provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge of personal finance by competing with other students across the state. The PFC tests student knowledge on topics related to Earning Income, Managing Risk, Managing Credit, Spending, Saving, and Investing.

Who

High School

• Every high school teacher in Delaware teaching a Personal Finance course or program (such as Keys to Financial Success) that covers the topics listed above may have students compete in the High School Division.

• Each high school teacher who competes in the Online PFC competition is invited to send one team to participate in the State High School Division Semi-Finals. The top two teams from the Semi-Finals will advance to the High School Finals.

Teachers may create as many student teams as they'd like, and the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship will pay all registration and participation fees.

Registration

If you are new to the Personal Finance Challenge, welcome! You will need to select Teacher Registration from the menu and create your teacher profile. Once your profile is created, you will be able to login and begin creating your student teams.

If you are a returning high school teacher, welcome back! Your profile information is saved from your previous participation, and you can log in to begin creating your student teams for this year's Online PFC.

Important Online PFC Dates:

• Registration is open now through March 1, 2026 - Click on Teacher Registration to register.
• March 2 - March 27, 2026 - High School Online Competition - teams log on at their own school.
• April 22, 2026 - State High School Division Semi-Finals and Finals (in person)

Cash Prizes:

High School Division State Finals:

• First Place $500 for each student + teacher!
• Second Place $250 for each student + teacher!

Good luck to all student competitors. The Finance Challenge ONLINE! is a great way to flex your financial literacy muscles and participate with students from across Delaware in an exciting and fun competition.

To find out more about the competitions, visit https://financechallenge.unl.edu/Delaware or contact Gail Colbert at gcolbert@udel.edu or Scott Bacon at bacons@udel.edu.

This event is supported by the generosity of Bank of America.