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Save for future college costs by using qualified tuition plans (529 plans or 529 programs). 529 plans are state sponsored investment programs that are given special tax status.

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Get the latest Raleigh area news, weather forecasts, I-40 traffic, ACC and high school sports, strange news and blogs for Central and Eastern North Carolina, including Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, Fayetteville, Rocky Mount and Wilson.

A comprehensive guide to planning, saving, investing, and paying for college. Includes detailed overviews of how to calculate college costs, how and where to save for college, and types of financial aid and student loan programs.

FinAid, The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid, is the most comprehensive free resource for objective and unbiased information, advice and tools about student financial aid, college scholarships and education loans.