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Free 529 Plan Calculator

Project 529 college savings growth.

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Result

Future value

$130,889.79

Total contributed$69,800.00
Growth$61,089.79

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Short answer

Project 529 college savings growth.

What is the 529 Plan Calculator?

Project 529 college savings growth.

How does the 529 Plan Calculator work?

Enter the inputs above and read the result.

Formula

FV = P(1+r)^n + PMT·((1+r)^n−1)/r

Variables

  • PInitial
  • PMTMonthly deposit

Explanation

Combines lump-sum and monthly contribution growth.

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            Related concepts

            The 529 Plan Calculator sits inside the Finance Calculators hub, in the investing & retirement cluster. Growing capital and planning for withdrawal. Understanding the terms below makes the output easier to interpret and easier to compare against neighbouring measures.

            compound growthasset allocationwithdrawal rateyielddividend reinvestmentrisk-adjusted return

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            Understanding 529 Plan

            Project 529 college savings growth. Within finance calculators, 529 plan belongs to the investing & retirement cluster, where it shares terminology and assumptions with closely related tools.

            Learning how 529 plan is calculated

            Combines lump-sum and monthly contribution growth. Working through the variables one at a time — P, PMT — makes the result reproducible by hand and easier to sanity-check.

            Using 529 plan to make a decision

            Because outputs depend on the assumptions you enter, run more than one scenario before committing to a figure.

            How 529 plan compares with related measures

            compound growth, asset allocation, withdrawal rate, yield all describe adjacent aspects of investing & retirement. Comparing this calculator's output against those measures — using the related tools listed on this page — prevents a single metric from being read in isolation.

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