The College Savings Plans of Maryland is the easy, affordable and smart way to save for your child's education at nearly any college in the nation. Starting to save now is the best thing you can do to support their success in 5...10...or 18 years. We offer two distinct and flexible plans that will help you accomplish your goals and help give your child a head start. Also, they’re the only 529 plans that offer a Maryland State income deduction for Maryland taxpayers. Very cool.
 

The College Savings Plans of Maryland offer a variety of ways to help realize you and your child’s dream of affording college. Whatever they’ll eventually grow up to be: a lawyer, architect, writer or teacher, saving for college is an important first step in making it happen. The College Savings Plans of Maryland provide flexible and affordable plans to help Maryland families save for future college expenses and reduce dependence on student loans and other forms of debt.

The College Savings Plans of Maryland is an independent State agency that created two plans to fit your needs:

• The Maryland Prepaid College Trust, which first opened for enrollment in 1998; and
• The Maryland College Investment Plan, which launched in 2001 and is managed and distributed by T. Rowe Price, a leader in no-load mutual funds.