NEXT
Connecticut 529 College Savings Plans
Connecticut offers a direct-sold 529 college savings plan without residency restrictions, managed by Fidelity Investments and an advisor-sold 529 savings program that is open only to Connecticut residents, managed by Hartford Life.
Learn more about each Connecticut 529 plan by following the links below to the plan detail pages.
Connecticut 529 Tax Benefit
Consumer Plans
Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET), a Fidelity-managed 529 plan follows the same approach as other Fidelity plans in Arizona, Delaware, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. It features three age-based options; one using Fidelity Series actively managed funds; one using Fidelity Series index funds; and a third using a combination of the two. The plans also offer 11 static options, and one option that invests in an interest-bearing deposit account. Prior to February 2021, the plan was managed by TIAA-CREF....
Advisor Sold Plans
The Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) Advisor Plan is managed by Fidelity Investments. Fidelity offers the CHET Advisor 529 Plan through brokers, utilizing Fidelity Series funds in its age-based and static portfolio options, and Fidelity Advisor funds in its individual fund portfolio options....
ABLE plans
The ABLE CT Program is offered through the National ABLE Alliance. The program is created under Connecticut Public Act 15-80 which was passed in 2015 to authorize the establishment of savings accounts empowering individuals with a disability and their families to save private funds to support the individual with a disability and to provide guidelines for the maintenance of such accounts....