Tag Archive for "Florida Prepaid College Plan"

• September 26, 2017

  Saving for College

  September is National College Savings Month

  Do you need help coming up with a plan to pay for college? Not sure where to start or when?  Maybe you’re looking for flexible solutions, and you want to do something financially — but you’re not sure you can afford to do it all? Congratulations! You have come to…

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• October 3, 2017

  Path to College

  5 Quick Lessons from National College Savings Month

  September marked National College Savings Month, but here at Florida Prepaid, we’re still celebrating — and learning! As parents and grandparents, it’s always a good time to study up on saving for college. Unfortunately, there isn’t a class for that. But if you focus on these five quick lessons and…

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• October 10, 2017

  Saving for College

  Florida Prepaid – College Savings Simplified!

  College savings can feel like a daunting task. But it can be simple, and it can start with Florida Prepaid. First, it might help to understand what Florida Prepaid is by first understanding why it exists! The program began almost 30 years ago, when state leaders wanted to help make…

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• October 18, 2017

  Saving for College

  You could get your Prepaid Plan paid off by enrolling early!

  It’s time! Open Enrollment has just started here at Florida Prepaid, and we’re celebrating like we never have before: We’re going to pay off one early purchaser’s Prepaid Plan. That’s right! Anyone who purchases a Prepaid Plan now through November 30 will be automatically entered to win the gift of…

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• November 1, 2017

  Path to College

  5 Takeaways from “How America Pays for College”

  Each year, Sallie Mae teams up with the market research company Ipsos to ask families about their attitudes toward the value of a college education and what they are doing to make college more affordable. Now in its 10th year, “How America Pays for College” reflects the current reality for…

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• November 14, 2017

  Path to College

  This holiday season, ask for the gift of college!

  As the holiday season approaches, parents may find themselves fielding questions about what gifts their children would like to receive. And while many families have needs to fill, some are left with the realization that there isn’t much their children truly need. What if some of those dollars usually spent…

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• December 5, 2017

  Industry Highlights

  State College Can Save You Thousands

  Here’s an easy pop quiz! Which is more expensive: A) a private college, or B) an in-state public college? We bet you already know that it’s much more affordable to go to an in-state school. Choosing to attend one of Florida’s institutions over a private school is going to net…

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• December 11, 2017

  Financial Literacy

  3 College Costs That Have Nothing To Do With Tuition

  You’ve probably heard that college tuition rates are climbing nationally. It’s a topic that often makes the nightly news, and for good reason, as tuition has been outpacing inflation since the 1970s. Ready for more tough talk? Tuition is only one piece of the college budget pie. To help illustrate…

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• January 3, 2018

  Saving for College

  Resolve to save for college this New Year!

  The New Year is upon us, and it’s a natural time to reflect and reset. With the changing of the calendar, we pause to marvel at how quickly another year has come and gone — and nothing seems to make time move faster than having children! Guess what? The years…

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• January 10, 2018

  Lifelong Learning

  Grandmother: Prepaid is one of Florida’s top accomplishments

  More than 20 years ago, Sonya Malnik made a big investment into two tiny people. Her granddaughters, Jacqueline and Alexandra, were just infants — too young to know their alphabet, much less think about what they might major in one day. But Malnik dared to set big goals for their…

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