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Rapunzl Certifications
Financial literacy is not just about balancing a checkbook — it’s the foundation for making smart decisions about saving, investing, borrowing, and building wealth.
Our Financial Literacy Credential Program is designed to empower high school students with the real-world financial skills they need to take control of their financial futures, avoid common pitfalls, and maximize opportunities for growth.
Students who complete Rapunzl’s financial literacy coursework and demonstrate mastery across key personal finance, investing, and financial mathematics topics earn a Rapunzl Certification — a nationally recognized digital credential that can be proudly added to college applications, resumes, and LinkedIn profiles.
Rapunzl’s 3 Core Certifications
Each certification aligns with state and national standards for financial literacy, has received guidance from 100s of financial industry experts, and reflects a student’s commitment to financial excellence, validated through comprehensive coursework and skills assessments.
Foundations of Financial Literacy
This certification shows that an individual has successfully demonstrated mastery of foundational personal finance principles, including saving and investing strategies, credit and debt management, insurance fundamentals, banking operations, college financing, career planning, and the principles of real estate ownership.
This affirms readiness to apply financial literacy concepts to real-world personal finance decisions, aligned with standards expected of emerging professionals in financial services and advisory roles.
Recipients have demonstrated applied knowledge through module assessments and showed proficiency in personal financial decision-making aligned with state and national standards in financial literacy education.
This affirms readiness to apply financial literacy concepts to real-world personal finance decisions, aligned with standards expected of emerging professionals in financial services and advisory roles.
Recipients have demonstrated applied knowledge through module assessments and showed proficiency in personal financial decision-making aligned with state and national standards in financial literacy education.
Required Modules:
2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 23
Skills Covered:
Saving strategies, Credit management, Debt management, Insurance fundamentals, College financing, Financial aid application (FAFSA), Career exploration in financial services, Home buying basics, Real estate fundamentals, Banking operations
Time Estimate:
~25-45 Hours
Investing Strategy & Fundamentals
This certification reflects achievement in foundational investing competencies essential for pursuing careers in finance, investing, and wealth management.
The individual has successfully demonstrated knowledge of stock market operations, company evaluation, portfolio diversification, ESG investing principles, advanced investing tools such as short selling, and the interpretation of financial statements and charts.
Recipients demonstrate the ability to research, assess, and apply investment principles at a foundational level, reflecting knowledge expected of early-career financial professionals and market analysts.
The individual has successfully demonstrated knowledge of stock market operations, company evaluation, portfolio diversification, ESG investing principles, advanced investing tools such as short selling, and the interpretation of financial statements and charts.
Recipients demonstrate the ability to research, assess, and apply investment principles at a foundational level, reflecting knowledge expected of early-career financial professionals and market analysts.
Required Modules:
1, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 24
Skills Covered:
Stock market fundamentals, Company analysis, Investment strategy evaluation, Portfolio diversification, Risk management, ETF and mutual fund knowledge, ESG and impact investing principles, Short selling basics, Financial statement analysis, Financial chart interpretation
Time Estimate:
~30-50 Hours
Financial Mathematics & Analytics
This certification affirms quantitative reasoning skills necessary for financial analytics, investment forecasting, and real-world economic analysis.
To earn this certification, recipients have completed a rigorous, standards-aligned test covering financial algebra, graphing and analyzing financial functions, understanding compound and exponential growth, and applying statistical and probabilistic methods to financial decision-making.
Recipients demonstrated quantitative reasoning skills necessary for evaluating financial scenarios, modeling risks, and making informed investment and economic decisions, aligned with foundational financial analytics practices.
To earn this certification, recipients have completed a rigorous, standards-aligned test covering financial algebra, graphing and analyzing financial functions, understanding compound and exponential growth, and applying statistical and probabilistic methods to financial decision-making.
Recipients demonstrated quantitative reasoning skills necessary for evaluating financial scenarios, modeling risks, and making informed investment and economic decisions, aligned with foundational financial analytics practices.
Required Modules:
13, 14, 20, 21, 22
Skills Covered:
Skills: Financial algebra, Graphing financial equations, Compound growth calculations, Exponential growth modeling, Statistical analysis, Probability modeling, Risk/reward evaluation
Time Estimate:
~10-25 Hours
Our credential program is proven to prepare the 21st century learner with real-world skills necessary to thrive in our evolving world. Supporters of our programs include:
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