Saving for Higher Education - 5:15
with Robin Lott, Executive Director for the Michigan Education Trust
Posted May 23, 2018
MET is a 529 Prepaid Tuition Plan which allows for the pre-purchase of tuition based on today's rates and then paid out at the future cost when the beneficiary is in college. Performance is often based upon tuition inflation.
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