How to Help Save for Your Grandkids’ College Education

Helping grandchildren with college costs? Here’s how to decide whether to fund a 529 plan all at once or over time.

If you’re in a position to help pay for your grandchildren’s education, you might be eager to ease that financial burden. Dreamstime/TCA

By Maurie Backman From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

A lot of people experience sticker shock when they sit down to look at college costs today. For the 2025–2026 academic year, U.S. News & World Report puts the average cost of tuition and fees at a four-year, public in-state school at $11,371.