Press Releases:

• Parents Rely on 529 College Savings Plans More Than Ever in 3Q
  
  
• AUDIO: CSF Chair Roger Michaud spoke to Gordon Deal of The Wall Street Journal, 8/18/11
  

• AUDIO: Roger Michaud spoke on the Real Wealth podcast Challenges Facing Families Saving for College, 7/25/11
  

• 529 College Savings Plans Assets Near $150 Billion in 2Q 2011
  
  
• 2011 Survey of Parents
  Parents Become More Self Reliant in Paying for High Costs of College, says College Savings Foundation’s 2011 State of College Savings Survey
  
  
• Read the 2011 Survey of Parents Press Release
  
  
• 529 College Savings Plans Assets Top $146 Billion in 1Q 2011
  
  
• 529 College Savings Plans Assets Top $138.2 Billion in 4Q 2010
  
  
• 2011 Survey of Students
  High School Students Are Charting Their Own Course in Funding College, Says College Savings Foundation's Second Annual Survey of 16- and 17- Year Olds
  
  
• 529 College Savings Plans Assets Top $127.4 Billion in 3Q 2010
  
  
• College Savings Foundation Members Report Highest Level of New 529 Contributions Since 2008
  
  
• Parents Shift Behavior to Save More for Their Children's College Education, Says College Savings Foundation Survey
  
  
• 529 College Savings Plans Attract New Savings as Overall Assets Top $123 Billion in 1Q2010
  
  
• 529 College Savings Plans Attract New Savings as Overall Assets Top $117 Billion
  in 4Q 2009
  
  
• High School Students Step Up to Fund Their Own College Costs, Says College Savings Foundation Survey
  
  
• Young Families Increase 529 Plan Investments as Overall Assets Top $111 Billion in 3Q
  


• 529 Assets Rise to $98.6 Billion in 2Q 2009
  


• 2009 Survey of Parents: “The State of College Savings” Survey Finds Parent Confidence Crashing As They Rely on Loans, Shift Debt Burden to Their Children
  
  
• 529 Assets Hold Steady in 1Q 2009
  
  
• Celebrate 529 Day With Long Term Saving
  
  
• CSF Letter to Vice President Biden Re: 529 Study
  
  
• College Savings Foundation Applauds House Bill Improving 529 College Savings Plans
  
  
• 529 Assets Decline in 4Q 2008
  
  
• 529 Assets Show Resiliency in 3Q 2008
  
  
• “The State of College Savings” Survey of Parents Finds Financial Education Pays
  
  
• Assets in 529 College Savings Plans Reach Over $110 Billion in 2Q 2008
  
  
• College Savings Foundation Convenes Summit Addressing Short-Term College Credit Crisis and Long-Term Lending Landscape
  
  
• College Savings Foundation Applauds Missouri Bill Equalizing Tax Treatment for all 529 College Savings Programs
  
  
• Assets in 529 college savings plans reached an estimated $108 billion in first quarter of 2008
  
  
• The College Savings Foundation Convenes Leaders to Discuss Short-Term College Credit Crisis and Long-term Lending Landscape
  
  
• Assets in 529 College Savings Plans Reach Record of Nearly $112-Billion in 4Q 2007
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS REACH RECORD OF NEARLY $109.5-BILLION IN 3Q 2007
  
  
• CSF Applauds Illinois Bill Removing State Tax on Distributions of Out-of-State 529 Plans
  
  
• The State of College Savings - 2007 Survey of Parents
  
  
• The State of College Savings: Parents Resigned to Decades of Debt
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS REACH RECORD OF NEARLY $105-BILLION IN 2Q 2007
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS REACH RECORD OF NEARLY $97-BILLION IN 1Q 2007
  
  
• COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION APPLAUDS ARIZONA BILL BENEFITING FAMILIES SAVING FOR COLLEGE
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS REACH A RECORD $90 BILLION AT END OF 2006
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS REACH A RECORD $82 BILLION AT END OF THIRD QUARTER 2006
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS REACH A RECORD $77.3 BILLION AT END OF SECOND QUARTER 2006
  
  
• COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION APPLAUDS CONGRESS FOR MAKING PERMANENT THE FEDERAL TAX BENEFITS ON 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS
  
  
• COLLEGE SAVINGS FOUNDATION APPLAUDS PENNSYLVANIA FOR PROVIDING STATE TAX DEDUCTION FOR THE FIRST TIME ON ALL 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAMS
  
  
• Assets in 529 College Savings Plans Up 38%, Hitting a Record $75.1 Billion At End of First Quarter 2006
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS TOTAL $68.4 BILLION AT END OF FOURTH QUARTER 2005 UP 7.9 PERCENT FROM THIRD QUARTER
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS TOTAL $63.4 BILLION AT END OF THIRD QUARTER, UP 7.4 PERCENT FROM SECOND QUARTER
  
  
• College Savings Foundation Applauds Kansas Bill Equalizing Tax Treatment For All 529 College Savings Programs
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS TOTAL $59.1 BILLION AT END OF SECOND QUARTER, UP 6.7 PERCENT FROM FIRST QUARTER
  
  
• Assets in 529 College Savings Plans Total $55.4 Billion at End of 2005's First Quarter, Up 6.0 Percent From 2004's Fourth Quarter
  
  
• College Savings Foundation commends U.S. Senators Grassley and Baucus on Bill to Make Tax-Free 529 Withdrawals Permanent
  
  
• College Savings Foundation, SIA Applaud Missouri Legislature For Commitment to Helping More Families Save For College
  
  
• College Savings Foundation Applauds U.S. Representatives Hart and Pomeroy on Legislation Making Tax-Free 529 Withdrawals Permanent
  
  
• College Savings Foundation Applauds Rep. Nancy Johnson's Efforts on Legislation Making Tax-Free 529 Withdrawals Permanent
  
  
• College Savings Foundation Releases Data on Asset Types in Section 529 College Savings Plans: Fourth Quarter 2004
  
  
• College Savings Foundation, SIA Applaud Sen. Scott For Proposing Legislation To Give Parents More Choice, Fairer Tax Treatment In College Savings Plans
  
  
• CSF, SIA, FPA Applaud Senators Clayborne, Brady, Maloney For Proposing Legislation To Give Parents More Choice, Fairer Tax Treatment In College Savings Plans
  
  
• Assets in 529 College Savings Plans Total $52.3 Billion At End of 2004's Fourth Quarter, Up 15.8 Percent From Third Quarter
  
  
• ASSETS IN 529 COLLEGE SAVINGS PLANS
  TOTAL $45 BILLION AT END OF 2004'S THIRD QUARTER, UP 5 PERCENT FROM SECOND QUARTER

• College Savings Foundation Releases Data on Asset Types in Section 529 College Savings Plans:
  Second Quarter 2004
  
  
• Assets in 529 College Savings Plans Total $43 Billion At End of 2004's Second Quarter, Up 7.4 Percent From First Quarter
  
  
• Chairman of College Savings Foundation Urges Congress To Give Permanent Tax-Free Treatment To Distributions from Sec. 529 College Savings Plans