How Much Should You Have In A 529 Plan By Age

Podcast: The College Investor Audio Show · The College Investor

Opublikowano: 2026-09-28

How much should you have in a 529 plan? The short answer: about $96 a month from birth, or roughly $37,000 by the time your child is 18, if your goal is to cover a solid chunk of in-state tuition and fees. If you want to pay for everything at a public university, housing and food included, plan on about $630 a month gets you to $245,000 at 18. Everything in between helps, and so we break it odwn. The real trouble comes from rising tuition costs and how much every "college savings calculator" says you need to save for your child's...