Help Your Clients Save on Private College Tuition. They'll love you for it!

Independent 529 Plan is the first 529 plan that enables your clients to prepay tuition at over 270 private colleges (and counting) – and get a discount on today's prices. Because the plan's goal is to make private college education more accessible, it offers guaranteed value to every family that participates.

• Freedom from Market Risk*
• Freedom from Tuition Inflation
• Freedom from Federal Taxes

FREE Independent 529 CD-ROM
» Order FREE copies of our "Independent 529 Plan: Consumer Perspective" CD-ROM for your clients.

» Order a FREE copy of our "Independent 529 Plan: Financial Perspective" CD-ROM for yourself.

» Order FREE copies of our "Independent 529 Plan Enrollment Kit" for yourself and your clients.

Independent 529 Plan - Add our logo to your website
Provide your clients with easy access to information about Independent 529 Plan by adding a linked version of our logo to your website. Here's what to do:

1. Download our logo here
2. Add our logo to a college savings information page on your website
3. Then link the logo to the Independent 529 Plan homepage: http://www.independent529plan.org

Articles for your use
We've developed a few short feature articles about tax considerations, scholarships, gift giving and other aspects of college savings that can be shared with your clients in a newsletter or other client communication. 

Download articles (MS Word, 64KB).

List of Participating Colleges
(Be sure to check back periodically as new colleges are joining all the time!)

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* If you take a refund, rather than redeem your certificate for its intended purpose, the refund will be adjusted based on the net performance of the Program Trust, subject to a maximum return of 2% per year and a maximum loss of 2% per year.

Participation in Independent 529 Plan does not guarantee admission to any college or university, nor does owning a certificate in any way affect admissions decisions. TIAA-CREF and its affiliates do not provide tax advice. Please consult your tax advisor. Purchasers should read the Disclosure Booklet, including the Enrollment Agreement, carefully before making purchase decisions. Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc. distributes the Independent 529 Plan tuition certificates.