This statistic presents the leading college savings account types according to parents in the United States as of January 2014. The regular savings accounts proved to be the best college saving option for 44 percent of the respondents in 2014.
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T. Rowe Price. (March 25, 2014). What types of accounts do you think are best to use for college savings? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/368404/leading-college-savings-accounts-perceived-by-parents-usa/
T. Rowe Price. "What types of accounts do you think are best to use for college savings?." Chart. March 25, 2014. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/368404/leading-college-savings-accounts-perceived-by-parents-usa/
T. Rowe Price. (2014). What types of accounts do you think are best to use for college savings?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/368404/leading-college-savings-accounts-perceived-by-parents-usa/
T. Rowe Price. "What Types of Accounts Do You Think Are Best to Use for College Savings?." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Mar 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/368404/leading-college-savings-accounts-perceived-by-parents-usa/
T. Rowe Price, What types of accounts do you think are best to use for college savings? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/368404/leading-college-savings-accounts-perceived-by-parents-usa/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
What types of accounts do you think are best to use for college savings? [Graph], T. Rowe Price, March 25, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/368404/leading-college-savings-accounts-perceived-by-parents-usa/