Prepaid Tuition Programs and College Savings Plans
Prepaid Tuition Programs
- Purchase tomorrow’s college education based on today’s costs
- Must attend a college included in the selected plan to receive full benefits
- Often limited to use for only tuition and fees
529 College Savings Plans
- No guarantee of earnings
- Use at any college
- Use for any college expenses
- Offers some tax advantages
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Following are some of the prepaid tuition and 529 plans offered around the country, listed alphabetically based on the state (if applicable). If you know of other prepaid tuition or college savings plans, please contact us.
Alabama Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (PACT) and Alabama Higher Education 529 Fund
www.treasury.state.al.us
University of Alaska College Savings Plan
www.uacollegesavings.com
Arizona Family College Savings Program
arizona.collegesavings.com
California Golden State ScholarShare College Savings Trust Program
www.scholarshare.com
Colorado College Invest Savings Plan
www.collegeinvest.org
Connecticut’s 529 College Savings Programs
www.aboutchet.com
Delaware College Investment Plan
www.fidelity.com/delaware
Florida Prepaid College Plan and Florida College Investment Plan
www.florida529plans.com
Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan
www.gacollegesavings.com
College Illinois!SM 529 Prepaid Tuition Program
www.collegeillinois.com
Independent 529 Plan
www.independent529plan.org
Indiana College Choice Investment Plan
www.collegechoiceplan.com
College Savings Iowa
www.collegesavingsiowa.com
Kansas Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Program
www.learningquestsavings.com
Kentucky Education Savings Plan Trust
www.kentuckytrust.org
Louisiana START College Saving Program
www.osfa.state.la.us/START.htm
Maine NextGen College Investing Plan
www.nextgenplan.com
Maryland Prepaid College Trust and Maryland College Investment Plan
www.collegesavingsmd.org
Massachusetts
College Saving Program
www.mefa.org
Massachusetts
The U. Fund College Investing Plan (529)
www.fidelity.com/ufund
Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP; 529 College Savings Plan)
www.misaves.com
Michigan Education Trust (MET)
www.michigan.gov/setwithmet
Minnesota College Savings Plan
www.mnsaves.org
Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program (MPACT)
www.savingforcollege.com/529_plan_details/index.php?page=plan_details&plan_id=29
Missouri Saving for Tuition (MO$T)
www.missourimost.org
Montana Family Education Savings Program
montana.collegesavings.com
Nevada College Savings Plans
nevadatreasurer.gov/collegesavings.htm
New Hampshire Unique College Investing Plan
www.state.nh.us/treasury/Divisions/Unique/Unique.htm
New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust
www.njbest.com
The Education Plan of New Mexico
www.theeducationplan.com
New York College Savings Program
www.nysaves.org
College Foundation of North Carolina
www.cfnc.org/savings
North Dakota: The College SAVE 529 Plan
www.collegesave4u.com
Ohio College Advantage (529 Savings Plan)
www.collegeadvantage.com
Oklahoma College Savings Plan
www.ok4saving.org
Oregon College Savings Plan
www.oregoncollegesavings.com
Pennsylvania Tuition Account Program (TAP 529)
pa529invest.s.upromise.com
Rhode Island College Boundfund
www.collegeboundfund.com
South Carolina Tuition Prepayment Program
www.scgrad.org
South Dakota CollegeAccess 529
www.SouthDakota529.com
Tennessee’s Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST) Savings Plan
www.tnbest.com
Texas Tomorrow Funds — TG Tuition Plan and Tomorrow’s College Investment Plan
www.texastomorrowfunds.org
Utah Educational Savings Plan Trust
www.vheip.org
Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan
www.vheip.org
Virginia College Savings Plan
www.virginia529.com
Washington Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET)
www.get.wa.gov
West Virginia Smart529
www.smart529.com
Wisconsin EdVest
www.statetreasury.wisconsin.gov
Wisconsin: Tomorrow’s Scholar College Savings Plan
www.wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com/wfweb/wf/scholar/index.jsp
Wyoming CollegeInvest
www.collegeinvest.org
Mapping Your Future offers a list of other websites as a resource and a convenience to you. Mapping Your Future does not endorse these sites and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these sites. We review our site content regularly to ensure links are working and go to the sites described; however, links might break or be re-directed to another site in between reviews.