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Compare 529 Plans By Features
Plan name | Total asset-based expenses | |
|---|---|---|
ALABAMA CollegeCounts 529 Fund | 0.17% - 0.79% | |
ALASKA Alaska 529 | 0.15% - 0.87% | |
ALASKA T. Rowe Price 529 | 0.16% - 0.87% | |
0.08% - 0.93% | ||
0.53%; 0.39% for the Savings option | ||
CALIFORNIA ScholarShare 529 | 0.04% - 0.42%. None for the Principal Plus Interest Portfolio.
| |
0.27% | ||
None. | ||
Currently 0.71% due to waiver; not to exceed 0.99% | ||
CONNECTICUT Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) | 0.10% - 0.93% | |
DELAWARE DE529 Education Savings Plan | 0.10% - 0.93% | |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC College Savings Plan | 0.30% - 0.72% Principal Protected Portfolio: 0.15% | |
FLORIDA Florida Investment 529 Plan | 0.02% - 0.77% | |
GEORGIA Path2College 529 Plan | 0.06% - 0.15%. None for the Principal Plus Interest Option. | |
0.58% - 0.66% | ||
0.34% - 0.36%. | ||
0.06% - 0.77% and none for the Principal Plus Interest 529 Portfolio | ||
0.110% - 0.640% | ||
IOWA ISave 529 | 0.17% | |
0.00% - 0.12% | ||
0.00% - 0.56%. | ||
KENTUCKY KY Saves 529 | 0.20% - 0.79% | |
LOUISIANA START Saving Program | 0.02% - 0.14%. None for the Principal Protection option. | |
0.21% - 0.29% | ||
0.00% - 0.56% | ||
MARYLAND Maryland College Investment Plan | 0.13% - 0.66% | |
MASSACHUSETTS U.Fund College Investing Plan | 0.08% - 1.20% | |
0.06% - 0.13%. None for the Principal Plus Interest Option. | ||
MINNESOTA Minnesota College Savings Plan | 0.111% to 0.251%. None for the Principal Plus Interest Option. | |
0.63% - 0.72%. None for the Guaranteed Option. | ||
0.16% - 0.41%
| ||
MONTANA Achieve Montana | 0.300% - 0.426% | |
0.14% - 0.70% | ||
0.10% - 0.65% | ||
0.12% - 0.37% | ||
0.43% to 0.91% | ||
NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIQUE College Investing Plan | 0.08% - 0.93% | |
NEW JERSEY NJBEST 529 College Savings Plan | 0.13% - 0.81% | |
NEW MEXICO The Education Plan | 0.10% - 0.36% | |
0.11% | ||
NORTH CAROLINA NC 529 Plan | 0.25% - 0.35%
| |
NORTH DAKOTA College SAVE (Direct) | 0.48%
| |
0.1388% - 0.4188%. None for Fifth Third Bank options. | ||
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma 529 | 0.15% - 0.36%. None for the Guaranteed Option. | |
OREGON Embark | 0.20% - 0.65% | |
PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania 529 Investment Plan | 0.1750% - 0.2650% | |
RHODE ISLAND CollegeBound Saver (Direct-sold) | 0.12% - 0.41%; 0.02% - 0.31% for Rhode Island residents | |
SOUTH CAROLINA Future Scholar 529 College Savings Plan (Direct-sold) | 0.00% - 0.24% | |
SOUTH DAKOTA CollegeAccess 529 (Direct-sold) | 0.17% - 0.57% | |
TENNESSEE TNStars College Savings 529 Program | 0.23% to 0.86% | |
0.31% - 0.61% | ||
UTAH my529 | 0.113% - 0.121% for my529 Target Enrollment Date options. The Static Investment options range is 0.090% - 0.112%. 0.198% for the Stable Value option.
| |
VERMONT VT 529 | 0.15% to 0.17% for each portfolio; none for the Capital Preservation Option. | |
VIRGINIA Invest529 | 0.0% - 0.556% | |
WASHINGTON WA529 Invest | 0.000% to 0.251%, except for the Socially Responsible Portfolio which is 0.380%.
| |
WEST VIRGINIA SMART529 Select | 0.52% - 0.62% | |
WEST VIRGINIA SMART529 WV Direct College Savings Plan | 0.12% to 0.21% | |
WISCONSIN Edvest 529 | 0.09% - 0.34%; none for Principal Plus Interest Portfolio |
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