Texas tuition plan enrollment to open

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September 2, 2010

The San Marcos Record Thu Sep 02, 2010, 02:30 PM CDT

— Beginning this week, families can lock in the cost of required tuition and fees at Texas’ public colleges and universities when they enroll in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, the state’s prepaid tuition plan.

“The Texas Tuition Promise Fund gives families an affordable, flexible and easy plan to save for their children’s college education,” Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said. “With purchase options ranging from tuition and required fees at the state’s most expensive public four-year colleges to those at Texas’ two-year community colleges, saving for the future fits any budget.”

With the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, families can prepay for a four-year degree, or prepay for just a few classes or semesters at Texas public colleges and universities. Parents of a newborn can pay as little as $16.09 per month in monthly installments until high school graduation for a year of tuition and required fees at a community college. For parents of a second grader who want to prepay the average cost of one year at a Texas public university, the monthly installments are $90.96 per month over 10 years.

Prices based on 2010–11 academic year costs for the state’s public colleges:

• Type I units, priced for tuition and required fees for up to the most expensive public four-year school in Texas, cost $107.44 per unit.

• Type II units, priced at the weighted average of tuition and required fees across all Texas public four-year schools, cost $75.47 per unit.

• Type III units, priced at the weighted average cost of tuition and required fees across all Texas public two-year schools, cost $18.51 per unit.

For important disclosures and other information about the prepaid tuition program, go to www.TexasTuitionPromiseFund.com or call (800) 445-GRAD (4723), Option 5.

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