529 Plan Program Statistics, June 2005

Washington, DC, December 15, 2005 - The combined assets of all Section 529 plans, programs designed to help pay for higher education expenses, grew 6.8 percent to $72.4 billion during the second quarter of 2005. At quarter-end, prepaid plans accounted for $13.5 billion, while savings plans held another $58.9 billion.

Section 529 Plan Assets 1998-2005:Q2

Note: Data were estimated for a few individual state observations in the early years in order to construct a continuous time series.
Sources: Investment Company Institute and College Savings Plans Network

Number of Section 529 Plan Accounts Increases
The number of Section 529 plan accounts increased 1.8 percent to about 7.6 million in the second quarter of 2005. There were 1.9 million prepaid plan accounts and 5.7 million savings plan accounts. The average 529 savings plan account size was about $10,300 in June 2005.

Section 529 Plan Accounts 2000-2005:Q2

*Totals are approximate. Exact figures are not available because of missing observations.
Note: A single beneficiary may have more than one account. Starting in 2005:Q1, the survey requests the number of unique beneficiaries where possible.
Sources: Investment Company Institute and College Savings Plans Network

College Savings Plan Network Program Statistics
Reporting Date June 30, 2005

State or other territory

Value of
Actual
Funds

(millions of dollars)

Total
Number
of
Accounts*

Date of
Inception

Alabama Prepaid

$657.0

71,333

1990

Alabama Savings

$382.3

36358

June-02

Alaska

$1697.2

132,886

1991

Arizona

$280.8

50,123

June-99

Arkansas

$129.3

11,013

Dec-99

California

$1,530.5

161,040

Oct-99

Colorado Prepaid

$42.6

13,979

Sept-97

Colorado Savings

$1,979.3

212,243

Sept-97

Connecticut

$595.8

42,333

Dec-97

Delaware

$249.6

21,460

July-98

District of Columbia

$48.1

5,535

Nov-02

Florida Prepaid

$5,145.7

1,052,080

1988

Florida Savings

$66.3

18,941

Fall 2002

Georgia

$280.1

47,269

Apr-02

Hawaii

$27.9

2,864

Apr-02

Idaho

$69.2

12,260

Mar-01

Illinois Savings

$1,445.5

122,642

Mar-00

Illinois Prepaid

$647.9

45,497

Oct-98

Indiana

$359.2

56,326

1997

Iowa

$1,122.8

107,882

Sept-98

Kansas

$1,048.5

46,749

July-00

Kentucky Prepaid

$106.3

8,720

Oct-01

Kentucky Savings

$65.3

10,647

1990

Louisiana

$79.3

20,751

July-97

Maine

$3,166.7

155,212

Aug-99

Maryland Prepaid

$349.9

27,570

Apr-98

Maryland Savings

$776.9

68,472

Dec-01

Massachusetts Prepaid

$98.0

36,125

1995

Massachusetts Savings

$1,704.2

113,013

Mar-99

Michigan Prepaid

$985.6

77,568

1988

Michigan Savings

$1,004.3

122,196

2001

Minnesota

$341.3

36,268

Sept-01

Mississippi Prepaid

$143.1

20,517

1997

Mississippi Savings

$46.6

5,245

Mar-01

Missouri

$676.0

64,743

Nov-99

Montana**

$128.4

7,331

1998

Nebraska

$1,078.4

126,615

Jan-01

Nevada Prepaid

$76.6

11,237

Oct-98

Nevada Savings

$1,633.9

220,524

Oct-01

New Hampshire

$4,552.5

404,669

July-98

New Jersey

$827.8

111,181

Aug-98

New Mexico Prepaid ***

$0.6

113

Sept-00

New Mexico Savings***

$951.6

144,109

Sept-00

New York

$3,984.3

378,824

Sept-98

North Carolina

$195.5

21,314

June-98

North Dakota

$262.9

22,497

Sept-01

Ohio Guaranteed Fund

$863.2

136,151

1989

Ohio Variable Funds

$3,724.2

594,225

2000

Oklahoma

$134.4

21,480

Apr-00

Oregon

$470.5

69,692

Jan-01

PA Guaranteed Savings Plan

$981.0

114,280

1993

Pennsylvania Investment Plan

$234.0

21,460

July-02

Rhode Island

$5,749.2

393,406

Sept-98

South Carolina Prepaid

$103.6

7,064

Sept-98

South Carolina Savings

$488.8

46,227

Mar-02

South Dakota

$428.5

34,526

May-02

Tennessee Prepaid

$54.5

8,521

1997

Tennessee Savings

$25.6

3,611

2000

Texas Prepaid

$1,505.5

152,724

1996

Texas Savings

$123.1

15,994

Sept-02

Utah

$1,097.9

71,600

1996

Vermont

$44.2

4,267

Dec-99

Virginia Prepaid

$1,060.3

79,474

1996

Virginia Savings

$11,572.8

1,039,812

Dec-99

Washington

$548.2

55,184

1998

West Virginia Prepaid****

$88.2

9,737

Oct-98

West Virginia Savings

$553.0

65,807

Feb-02

Wisconsin

$1,448.9

196,666

1997

Wyoming

$16.4

1,418

May-00

TOTAL

$72,357.3

7,629,609

 
 

*"Accounts" is unduplicated beneficiaries when possible; the number of accounts, otherwise.
**Data as of December 2004.
***Data as of September 2004.
****Data as of March 2005.
Source: College Savings Plans Network

 

  

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