South Carolina's Future Scholar 529 College Savings Plan (Advisor-sold) features an extensive menu of age-based and static portfolio options utilizing mutual funds from Columbia and a number of other fund families. Although sharing the same program name, the advisor-sold Future Scholar is significantly different from South Carolina's direct-sold Future Scholar, using actively-managed funds and index funds. To find a financial advisor in your area, use the Directory of Financial Professionals.

  • Program type
    Savings
  • Inception
    2002
  • State agency
    Office of the State Treasurer
  • Tax deduction
  • Program Manager
    Columbia Management Investment Advisors, LLC
  • Program distributor
    Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.

Columbia Large Cap Growth 529 Portfolio

Asset Allocation

Asset Class% AssetsCategory Avg.
US Stock100%70.34%
Foreign Stock0%24.68%
Real Estate0%4.34%
Bond0%0.68%
Short Term Bond0%0%
Cash/MM0%0.01%

Performance

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Data as of 09/30/2024.

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