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Is a college education still a sound investment?
Study considered the average annual return on a degree versus a high school diploma.
How having kids can make clients richer
Raising children is fulfilling in its own right, but it can also lead to improved financial behaviors.
How 401(k)s, 529s factor into the new FAFSA
The forthcoming application for Federal Student Aid will have some big changes that will help some families and hurt others.
JPMorgan buys college financial-planning platform Frank
The platform offers a streamlined financial aid application process as well as online courses. The bank said the acquisition will help it build relationships with college students.
Mobile apps teach college students to tackle spending habits — and debt
With students facing significant debt when they graduate, financial service providers can use technology to create a sense of empowerment around financial management for young adults.
‘Stretching’ those education dollars
Parents shouldn’t be put off by the price tag for top tier schools because some are also the most generous in offering financial aid
How advisers are helping clients rethink their kids’ college experience
Even high-net-worth families are questioning their return on investment as campus life is roiled by COVID-19
Illinois, Michigan and Utah top Morningstar’s 529 plan ratings
Its revamped methodology takes into account four criteria
Parents still saving for college despite pandemic: Fidelity
The survey found families are only on track to cover 33% of their savings goals
Student loans get cheaper, but college is a big question amid COVID-19
Interest rates are down, and many schools are reducing tuition, but college will look very different this fall
Hightower estimates up to $1.2 million overcharge of college savings plan clients
Finra launched its investigation into 529 sales in 2019
ESG gaining ground in 529 programs
More than a dozen college-savings plans now include at least one investment option following environment, social and governance criteria
COVID-19 hits college savings plans
Age-based portfolios have improved in design over the past several years, but some investors have been hit harder than others
College costs can sink parents, too
Student debt is often associated with young people taking out loans and putting off rites of passage after graduation to repay them. But mom and dad often sacrifice more.
New ways to pay for college
Experts respond to real-life scenarios of people struggling to afford higher education.
By the numbers: Section 529 college savings plans
Plans with the most assets, top adviser-sold and direct-sold plans, and top plans based on three-year performance
How much you need to earn to comfortably afford both college and life
Tuition versus cost of living in the U.S., state by scary state.
College financial aid process begins Saturday
Remind clients that FAFSAs for the 2017-18 school year are out three months earlier this year, and now allow reporting prior-prior year income data, or 2015.
2016 section 529 college savings plans
Top-ranked college savings plans, based on assets and performance.
Americans vote ‘yes’ to free college, ‘no’ to taxes to pay for it
While 62% said they support debt-free university tuition in a recent poll, 48% said they would not be willing to pay more in federal taxes to fund free college.
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