My wife and I are ~40 with two boys, currently 6 and 8. We have a 529 plan for each boy and we have been making generous contributions to these plans since they were born.
Recently I did some detailed research on what a private school college education is likely to cost for them, based on current tuition & fees and current annual increase rates. This was a sobering exercise: Tuition and fees (private school) are on track to hit $100K/year when our 6 year old is a senior in college.
I would greatly appreciate any wisdom you can offer on this topic. How should we be thinking about college savings as part of our overall savings picture? Do we just keep contributing $10K/year (each) to the 529 plans for the next 15 years and then pay the full sticker price when they go off to school? Am I missing something here? Thank you.
Recently I did some detailed research on what a private school college education is likely to cost for them, based on current tuition & fees and current annual increase rates. This was a sobering exercise: Tuition and fees (private school) are on track to hit $100K/year when our 6 year old is a senior in college.
I would greatly appreciate any wisdom you can offer on this topic. How should we be thinking about college savings as part of our overall savings picture? Do we just keep contributing $10K/year (each) to the 529 plans for the next 15 years and then pay the full sticker price when they go off to school? Am I missing something here? Thank you.