Graduating debt-free is the gold standard for any student and these days, there are numerous options to help Alaskan students to pay for school.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Graduating debt-free is the gold standard for any student and these days, there are numerous choices for Alaskan students to pay for school.
For parents like Michelle Rizk, saving money for college was a priority, and she began saving when her two sons were 3 and 5 years old. “I knew that the cost of college is expensive and I didn’t want it to be a barrier for my kids to be able to go to school,” Rizk said.Alaskan 529 plan“Pretty much as soon as they could ask about how come they don’t get to go buy toys with their PFD, and we said well, because we’re putting it away for your college savings program,” Rizk said.
The investment paid off and Rizk’s two sons started in college after they graduated from West Valley High School. One of her sons graduated from Yale University last fall and the other is currently studying computer science at Boise State University.
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