what college/univ give kids a tuition break if a parent works there?

[C&M&C&M]

Husband went to BC tuition free but had to pay for room, board, books, etc. MIL was a secretary. Also worked for night school as BIL did not get into daytime program.

BU does the same but the rumor was 10 years ago or so that they were much harder on employees kids than regular admissions. Basically they offered it but the kids had to be brilliant to actually qualify for it.

 

[Robinrs]

Emory
Vanderbilt

I was just going to bring up Emory. My son had the nerve to ask me to get a job there!!

I actually applied for a position at the school my son is attending this fall. I can't wait to see his face if I get it!!

 

[leebee]

DH works for Husson University in Bangor, ME. They have a tuition agreement (basically means free tuition) with about 300 small colleges around the country for dependents of faculty. Unfortunately, DD doesn't go to any of these but is looking into transferring (this is a new agreement and didn't exist when she was applying for Freshman year). UMaine gives full time faculty and staff (including hourly) a 50% tuition waiver, 25% for part-time. Happily (except DH will be so busy I won't hardly ever see him), DH has just been asked to teach one class in the chem dept. at UMaine, so YAY for us!!! 25% tuition waiver and the bill is due 8/15!

 

[Mrs. Bradbury]

University of Georgia does not offer any discounts for dependents.

 

[akcire]

My neighbor used to work at Devry. His kids went for free.

A friend of the family worked for a private Catholic college, they had a HUGE number of schools they could attend with an 85 or 90% discount.

My husband teaches adjunct at multiple places--some places offer him discounts some places do not. Generally if the schools offer tuition to their full time staff he negociates it for himself. He occassionally likes to audit a class in another field (who am I to argue it's cheaper than golf).

 

[mdsoccermom]

does anyone know? Let's start a list:

I heard Rutgers does

Rutgers definitely does. My mother worked there, and I could have gone tuition free. However, my parents preferred that I went away to school rather than go to a school where many of my friend's parents worked and half my high school went. They wanted me to experience new things.

 

[Allison]

It is considered a taxable benefit, so the employee will have to pay more income tax.

In many cases it is NOT taxable income.

 

[deegack]

In many cases it is NOT taxable income.

This. It depends on undergrad vs grad. How the tuition is "paid" or scholarship vs waiver etc.

 

[MineMail]

In many cases it is NOT taxable income.

Which cases?

My paperwork says it is considered a taxable benefit, but my DD went to a different school than where I am on staff. (Via the Tuition Exchange)
Perhaps if it's at the same school, they don't document it as a benefit.

If you work at a college/university, your own tuition is typically waived or reimbursed. I have a friend who worked as a secretary while she did her Masters and PhD degrees for that very reason.

 

[eliza61]

University of Penn

 

[chelleim]

Brown University gives $10,000 per year for four years at any college or university your child is enrolled at.

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

Honestly, I thought all colleges and universities offered free or nearly free tuition for the children of their employees. In PA, the dependents of the State University employees can go to any other state school for free tuition, unless that has changed recently (Edinboro, Clarioin, Indiana, Slippery Rock, etc.). Believe me, with 5 teens, if I lived close enough to a university, I would be doing ANYTHING there to get my kids the tuition break...

nope -- not here. Unfortunately.

 

[Scornelius]

University of Toronto offers free tuition to staff and their immediate family members, as a taxable benefit.

 

[Leader of the Club]

My Hubby works at Miami University, a public univ in Ohio. As a full-time staff member he gets free tuition. The kids and I qualify for free tuition after 3 years of full-time employment as long as he still works there. I'm not sure if its a taxable benefit. He's been there two years and we haven't used this benefit yet.

 

[mountdew1]

Not many public colleges offer tuition benefits for children of employees. Rutgers is progressive, offering tuition remission for employee dependants.

Can't say this is true in my experience. My mother worked for the State of Massachusetts, and I was eligible for free tuition if I was a full time student at a state school, and a serious discount if it was part time. So rates for summer courses were higher than rates for normal fall/spring courses. Now the fact that tuition was dirt cheap and the fees were the expensive costs was conveniently overlooked. Now my DW works for the State of New Hampshire, and she is eligible for free tuition at state schools, and I think I can take courses for half price. I believe that dependents are also eligible for the free tuition.

Now I imagine that in both cases it will depend heavily on any contracts that are in place, along with your job role and position.

 

[crisi]

I worked at IU and had coworkers taking classes. The kicker was that they got taxed on the discount. So, if you took $4,000 worth of classes for $2,000 and were in a 25% tax bracket, your next paycheck would come $500 lighter to pay the taxes on your tuition discount. I'm not sure if this is everywhere or just how IU does the books. And, granted, this was about 8 years ago. I can only assume they still do the same thing.

That's tax law. If your university isn't taxing that benefit, you should be claiming it on your taxes. It isn't the university's choice to tax or not tax. If you are receiving "economic benefit" its a taxable event.

 

[disykat]

A friend worked at a private college and his kids got a large tuition discount (not sure exactly how much) at his school and also at schools their school had some sort of reciprocity agreement with.

 

[howlongtildisney]

University of Arizona

DH works there, and is getting his graduate degree for only $500 or so in fees a semester. I could take classes for the same amount of money. For DS, we'd have to pay 25% of in-state fees. I've already told DH that he needs to stay with the university and DS that UofA is the school for him. We'll see if that actually happens 16 years from now...

 

[goodfood4ursoul]

DS attends Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA.
www.liberty.edu www.libertyu.com/
Once you have worked there for 6 months,
everyone in your immediate family (in your residence) receives free tuition.
That's over $9,000 per semester...
Only 50 minutes away for us- I have been so tempted!
But the commute would kill me...

AMAZING school...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxFDR7Sb-P8&feature=player_embedded

 

[Liberty Belle]

University of Kentucky. My son gets half price tuition because my husband works there.