How to Get FREE School Budget Templates

How to get free school budget templates is a question of interest to a lot of college age students who are responsible for their own finances for the first time. It's a great idea and usually these templates can be found free or very low cast. The steps below will outline how to find and use a free school budget template.

Instructions

1. Most free school budget templates will require you have Microsoft excel on your computer.  If you find you do not have Excel on your computer don't give up! There is a program called Open Office that is an open source set of tools that will allow you to work in xls documents if you find you need MS Office and do not have it and can't afford it,  then Open Office can be a savvy alternative.

2. One of the best resources for free budget templates for school is www.office.microsoft.com. There is a complete list of various budget sheets for nearly any purpose. There are few that are for students but with a little modification they will do well at no cost to you.

3. You have probably found by now that there are almost no specific school budget templates. However, with only a little modification almost any personal budget template can be altered to fit the purpose perfectly. If you live in a house or apartment then the household budget templates may give you the most flexibility. If you live in the dorm then the personal budget templates are probably going to work best for you. Download two or three and see which looks the best.

4. There are also free budget software sites online that can take the hassle out of keeping up with your school budget and add a lot of bells and whistles. If you can't find a budget template for school you feel works for you then investigating these is a great option for some people. Type in free personal finance software online. For the student with complex goals and finances to manage this might even be a better option to budgeting than a school budget template. It is free and in return they will serve ads to you (much like free email does) as you log in and manage your finances and plan your budget. The positive that facet that needs to be mentioned here is that this software can actually log into your bank and check your balance and expenditures if you set it up that way. The downside to this is just that, it can log into your bank account, and that is not something everyone is comfortable letting a 3rd party site do.

Tips & Warnings

• Even students should put aside a part of their income for emergencies when planning a school budget. If you have any discretionary funds some part of them should go into savings.

Resources

• Automatically Create your Budget in 20 minutes! FREE VIDEO.