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 - The U. Fund College Investing Plan (529)
www.fidelity.com/ufund
- College Saving Program
- Michigan
- Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP; 529 College Savings Plan)
www.misaves.com - Michigan Education Trust (MET)
www.michigan.gov/setwithmet
- Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP; 529 College Savings Plan)
- 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.