9 Best 529 Plans of 2026: Morningstar

Slideshow November 11, 2026 at 02:10 PM
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Education costs continue to rise. In September, for the first time since 2020, the Consumer Price Index for college tuition and fees came in higher than headline CPI, at 4% versus 3.7%, Hyunmin Kim, a Morningstar manager research senior analyst, noted in a blog post this week.