2011 plan performance rankings Q2

Each quarter Savingforcollege.com analyzes the investment performance figures for thousands of 529 portfolios and ranks the 529 savings plans from best to worst for one-year investment performance, three-year investment performance and five-year investment performance.

The top-performing 529 plans

In producing our rankings, we compared the reported investment performance of a subset of portfolios from each 529 savings plan. The lower the "percentile," the better the ranking. For more details on our methodology.

Here are our 529 performance rankings as of June 30, 2011.

We ranked plans that consumers can enroll in directly (see below), as well as those sold through brokers).

One-year performance ranking

Rank	State	Plan	Percentile
1	South Dakota	CollegeAccess 529 (Direct-sold)	22.58
2	Alaska	T. Rowe Price College Savings Plan	24.45
3	Maine	NextGen College Investing Plan -- Client Direct Series	25.07
4	Alaska	University of Alaska College Savings Plan	28.29
5	Maryland	College Savings Plans of Maryland -- College Investment Plan	33.47
6	Vermont	Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan	38.81
7	Utah	Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) Trust	39.60
8	Oklahoma	Oklahoma College Savings Plan	41.26
9	Michigan	Michigan Education Savings Program	41.67
10	Rhode Island	CollegeBoundfund (Direct-sold, Alternative RI)	42.01

See the full list of one-year direct-sold rankings.

Three-year performance ranking

Rank	State	Plan	Percentile
1	Kansas	Schwab 529 College Savings Plan	26.85
2	Wisconsin	EdVest (Direct-sold)	30.56
3	Maryland	College Savings Plans of Maryland -- College Investment Plan	31.22
4	Michigan	Michigan Education Savings Program	32.15
5	Alaska	University of Alaska College Savings Plan	32.84
6	New Jersey	NJBEST 529 College Savings Plan	34.72
7	Alaska	T. Rowe Price College Savings Plan	35.17
8	New York	New York's 529 College Savings Program -- Direct Plan	35.19
9	West Virginia	SMART529 Select	35.29
10	Utah	Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) Trust	36.65

See the full list of three-year direct-sold rankings.

Five-year performance ranking

Rank	State	Plan	Percentile
1	Kansas	Schwab 529 College Savings Plan	30.43
2	Michigan	Michigan Education Savings Program	34.66
3	Alaska	University of Alaska College Savings Plan	35.74
4	Maryland	College Savings Plans of Maryland -- College Investment Plan	35.81
5	Nevada	The Vanguard 529 Savings Plan	36.82
6	Wisconsin	EdVest (Direct-sold)	37.17
7	Alaska	T. Rowe Price College Savings Plan	38.39
8	Utah	Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) Trust	38.73
9	Virginia	Virginia Education Savings Trust (VEST)	38.97
10	Ohio	Ohio CollegeAdvantage 529 Savings Plan	39.51