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Tuition Assistance and Discounts

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Vanderbilt provides tuition discounts for full-time faculty and staff members, their spouses, and eligible dependent children. Benefits apply to courses taken at Vanderbilt, as well as those taken at other accredited institutions.

*Note: spouses may only take courses at Vanderbilt.

Tuition Presentation Click the icon at left to view the PowerPoint presentation from the Tuition Brown Bag Lunch & Learn.

Eligibility

You and your spouse are eligible to participate if you have been an active, full-time faculty or staff member for three months prior to course registration. You become eligible to receive benefits for your children after you have been a full-time faculty or staff member for five years at Vanderbilt or if you have equivalent service at any other accredited college or university, if within three months of joining Vanderbilt. The benefit will apply to the first semester following the completion of five years of full-time, continuous service. The Bridging Policy is not applicable under the Tuition Benefit Program.

Enrollment

To enroll, complete a Tuition Assistance Program form available in the Benefits Office. The signature of the dean, director, or designee is required on your form prior to submitting the request.

Benefits

Staff

Staff members may audit one Vanderbilt course of up to three hours per semester. Tuition will be waived as long as you have the instructor's permission to attend. Staff may receive 70% tuition discount on courses taken for academic credit at Vanderbilt up to a maximum of one three-hour course each semester and three courses each school year. Similarly, staff may receive 70% tuition reimbursement for courses taken, with supervisor's approval, at another accredited institution. Reimbursement only applies if you receive a grade of "C" or better.

Spouse/Domestic Partner

Your spouse or certified domestic partner can receive a 47% tuition discount for one non-degree course per semester taken at Vanderbilt.

Children

Your eligible dependent children may qualify for 70% tuition discount on Vanderbilt courses. For dependent children enrolled at any other eligible institution, the benefit is tied to the tuition amount charged by that eligible institution. To qualify, your child must be enrolled in undergraduate courses leading to the first baccalaureate degree at an accredited college or university. Each eligible dependent may receive tuition discounts for up to eight semesters or twelve quarters of undergraduate courses contingent upon satisfactory academic progress. The maximum family benefit is 24 semesters for each eligible spouse employed at Vanderbilt. If other scholarships or grant support received is designated for tuition, Vanderbilt's combined support may not exceed 100% of tuition.

Go to the Vanderbilt University Registrar's Web site for the Faculty/Staff Audit Form.

Review the Education Assistance Programs Policy #HR-013.

 

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