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Invest in your child’s future

You’ll watch your baby learn and grow. Open a path of possibility with a my529 account.

my529, Utah’s educational savings plan, can help you prepare now for your child’s educational future. It’s never too early to start, and you can save what you want, when you want.

When it’s time, your child can head to college, university or technical school to pursue their dreams.

Let my529 help you get there.

how to enroll

Get a free onesie

With our congratulations, my529 would like to offer you a free onesie when you open an account for your child using the promotional code MY529BABY and contribute $10 or more.

Please allow four to six weeks for delivery. Quantities are limited, and my529 reserves the right to discontinue the offer at any time.

To qualify:

  • Both the account owner and beneficiary must be Utah residents.
  • The beneficiary must be the child of the account owner.
  • The beneficiary must be new to my529.
  • The account must be opened before the child is 6 months old.

Resources for parents

Calculate college costs

You’re on your way to preparing for the cost of your child’s higher education. my529 has teamed up with Invite Education to provide a financial calculator to help.

College savings estimator

Parenting topics

Spend some time with your kids teaching them about financial literacy or exploring different career paths. Here are some hints to get the conversation started.

Budgeting lessons for students.

Parenting is hard—rewarding, but hard. Helping with homework or other teaching activities can be draining, especially when neither party wants to do it. However, these learning moments are a shared experience. Budgeting is an important lesson. Students as young as elementary school can be introduced to the basic concept of budgeting by developing simple money habits. Lessons can continue through high school.

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ents are a shared experience. Budgeting is an important lesson. Students as young as elementary school can be introduced to the basic concept of budgeting by developing simple money habits. Lessons can continue through high school.ents are a shared experience. Budgeting is an important lesson. Students as young as elementary school can be introduced to the basic concept of budgeting by developing simple money habits. Lessons can continue through high school.

Never too young to earn a scholarship

Book Your Summer

The Book Your Summer reading award is a partnership between my529 and the Utah State Library to champion summer reading while promoting college savings. Parents can enroll their children in their local library’s summer reading program for a chance at a $1,000 my529 college savings scholarship account. Book Your Summer runs May 1 through July 31. More info.

Make Your Mark

During September’s National College Savings Month, my529 and the Utah System of Higher Education sponsor the Make Your Mark bookmark contest. Make Your Mark offers students a chance to win a $1,000 my529 college savings scholarship account through an art contest. Students in kindergarten through 12th grade can enter an original bookmark design within their appropriate grade category (K-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12). Eight Utah students will each receive a $1,000 college savings scholarship account for their winning bookmarks. Throughout College Savings Month, my529 encourages Utah families to invest in their children’s education.

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  • Phone: 800.418.2551
  • Fax: 800.214.2956
  • Email: info@my529.org

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Please Read. This Is Important.

Do not invest with my529 until you read the Program Description.

Read our Legal Notice & Disclaimer. If you are going to invest your money in a my529 account, we encourage you to learn how our college savings plan works. The Program Description explains the investment options, rules on contributions and withdrawals, tax benefits, fees, and risks. Your investment could lose value. Except for the FDIC-insured option, my529 investments aren’t guaranteed.

Important Legal Notice

Investing is an important decision. The investments in your account may vary with market conditions and could lose value. Carefully read the Program Description in its entirety for more information and consider all investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For a copy of the Program Description, call 800.418.2551 or visit my529.org.

Account Value. Investments in my529 are not insured or guaranteed by my529, the Utah Board of Higher Education, the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority Board of Directors, any other state or federal agency, or any third party. However, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance is provided for the FDIC-Insured investment option. In addition, my529 offers investment options that are partially insured for the portion of the respective investment option that that includes FDIC-insured accounts as an underlying investments. Units in my529 have not been registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or with any state securities commission.

FDIC insurance is subject to limits set by federal law. Click here for more information about FDIC Insurance.

Non-Utah Taxpayers and Residents. The state in which you or your beneficiary pay taxes or live may offer a 529 plan that provides state tax or other benefits, such as financial aid, scholarship funds, and protection from creditors, not otherwise available to you by investing in my529. You should consider such benefits, if any, before investing in my529.

Consult an advisor. my529 does not provide legal, financial, investment, or tax advice, and the information provided on this website does not contain advice and cannot be construed as such or relied upon for those purposes. You should consult your own tax or legal advisor to determine the effect of federal and state tax laws on your particular situation.

Morningstar rating. A Morningstar Analyst Rating for a 529 college savings plan is not a credit or risk rating. Analyst ratings are subjective in nature and should not be used as the sole basis for investment decisions. Morningstar does not represent its analyst ratings to be guarantees. Please visit Morningstar.com for more information about the analyst ratings, as well as other Morningstar ratings and fund rankings.