Iowa State University will accept your 529 Educational Savings Account payments. Payments from the plan should be mailed to the ISU Treasurer's Office, 1220 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011.

If your plan is from College Savings Iowa, you will need to contact the plan directly and they will submit payment to Iowa State University on your behalf. When contacting College Savings Iowa, please have them include your student's name and University ID number with the payment.

If your plan is from a state other than Iowa, such as College Illinois or Texas Prepaid, you will first need to contact the plan and inform them that the student will be attending Iowa State University. The Accounts Receivable Office will then need to invoice these groups on the student's behalf EACH SEMESTER. It is the student/family's responsibility to contact the Accounts Receivable Office each semester to have an invoice sent. The ideal time to contact the office is as follows:

Fall Semester - by mid-July

Spring Semester - by mid-December

Summer Semester - by mid-April

If you do not contact the office by the above dates an invoice can still be created, however this could delay the funds arriving to pay the U-Bill.

If the amount of the draw from the 529 Educational Savings Plan is not enough to cover the total semester balance on the U-Bill, the student is responsible for covering the remaining balance by the due date.

For assistance with your 529 Educational Savings Plan, please contact Katina Van Dyke at 515-294-5461 or at kvandyke@iastate.edu.