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COLLEGE SAVINGS 101
Ashley Jacobs, WiseBread
Ashley Jacobs is the Director of Marketing for Wise Bread. She is best known for hosting Wise Bread's weekly #WBChat tweetchat on Thursdays from 12pm-1pm PST. Her sponsored tweetchats average 8.5 million impressions per hour and have helped numerous sponsors reach the United States Trends list on Twitter.
Ashley has had articles appear on Yahoo! News, U.S. News & World Report, America Saves, Business Insider, and more. She was a keynote co-presenter at #FinCon12 and was a panelist at #FinCon13 and #FinCon15. She hosted and cohosted The Plutus Awards for the past three years and was recognized for her work on Twitter in 2013, winning the award for Best Personal Finance Microblog. Ashley has also been interviewed by blogs, companies, and radio/podcast shows including Breaking Banks, Experian, CouponPal, Microblogger, and more on social media trends.
Ashley received her degree in communication and a minor in education and applied psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2010.
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Top 529 College Savings Plans
One-year rankings are based on a plan's average investment returns over the last 12 months.
State | Plan Name | |
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1 | Nevada | USAA 529 Education Savings Plan |
2 | Florida | Florida 529 Savings Plan |
3 | New Jersey | NJBEST 529 College Savings Plan |
Three-year rankings are based on a plan's average annual investment returns over the last three years.
State | Plan Name | |
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1 | South Dakota | CollegeAccess 529 (Direct-sold) |
2 | Wisconsin | Edvest 529 |
3 | Nevada | USAA 529 Education Savings Plan |
Five-year rankings are based on a plan's average annual investment returns over the last five years
State | Plan Name | |
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1 | Indiana | CollegeChoice 529 Direct Savings Plan |
2 | Florida | Florida 529 Savings Plan |
3 | Alaska | T. Rowe Price College Savings Plan |
10-year rankings are based on a plan's average annual investment returns over the last ten years.
State | Plan Name | |
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1 | West Virginia | SMART529 WV Direct College Savings Plan |
2 | South Carolina | Future Scholar 529 College Savings Plan (Direct-sold) |
3 | Ohio | Ohio's 529 Plan, CollegeAdvantage |