It's never too early or too late to start saving!

This is the ideal time for students and parents to invest in their future by starting to save for college. A new Sallie Mae study conducted by Gallup, How America Pays for College, found that only 9 percent of families paid for college last year using a college savings fund, such as a 529 college savings plan. An additional 12 percent of parents paid using other savings and investments; however, they missed out on the tax-advantaged benefits that saving-for-college-specific financial instruments have to offer.

Experts are available from Sallie Mae, the nation’s leading paying-for-college company, and its subsidiaries Upromise Investments, one of the nation’s leading administrators of 529 college savings programs, and Upromise^® rewards, the largest private source of college funding contributions in America.

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To schedule an interview with one of our experts on planning and paying for college, contact Erica Eriksdotter at (703) 984-5628. Media inquiries only, please.

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