Tuition Assistance Programs

There are several tuition assistance programs available to full-time faculty and staff who have been employed for at least one year and to members of their immediate families. Stevens will honor years of service at another higher education institution for purposes of this benefit.

To be eligible for tuition assistance benefits, a dependent child must be an employee’s dependent on their most recent income tax return at the time of application and must remain a dependent each year that they participate in the program.

Part-time employees are not eligible to participate in these benefits.

The Tuition Remission program provides a benefit to faculty, staff, and dependents for courses taken at Stevens.

The Tuition Aid program provides a reimbursement benefit to eligible faculty, staff, and dependent children for courses taken at an institution of higher learning or, for faculty and staff, any certificate or training program that is job-related.

The Tuition Exchange program is a scholarship program for the dependent children of eligible faculty and staff who are accepted and admitted as first-year students at other member institutions.

Please see below for more information on each of these programs.

Eligibility

Employees: Eligible to enroll at Stevens for two courses up to six (6) credits (graduate or undergraduate) per semester at no tuition cost, provided they satisfy all admissions requirements and are accepted for admittance. The employee is responsible for any non-tuition expenses.

Spouses: Eligible for partial tuition remission for three courses up to nine (9) credits (graduate or undergraduate) at Stevens per semester, provided they satisfy all admissions requirements and are accepted for admittance. The spouse will be responsible for any non-tuition expenses and the current charge per credit.

Dependent Children (up to age 26): Eligible for full tuition remission for undergraduate and graduate degree programs at Stevens, provided they satisfy all admissions requirements and are accepted for admittance. The student is responsible for all non-tuition expenses.

Applying for Benefits

For each tuition remission program, the employee must submit a tuition remission request form via Workday to the Division of Human Resources. Instructions for doing so can be found here. This procedure must be followed at the beginning of each term.

Eligibility

Employees: Eligible for tuition aid, up to a maximum of $6,000 for two (2) job-related educational courses (up to six (6) credits per semester) at an institution of higher learning other than Stevens. These courses must be part of a degree program. Supervisor acknowledgment and Division of Human Resources approval are required before enrollment.

Employees will receive reimbursement of tuition costs only upon the successful completion of each course per semester. Employees taking courses that are not part of a degree program must receive funding and approval from their department. These courses are not eligible for the tuition aid benefit. Employees must submit within 60 days after course completion and receipt of the grade. After 60 days, reimbursement will not be processed without VP approval.

Dependent Children (up to age 26): Eligible in an amount not to exceed the regular tuition at their institution or $6,000 per semester (whichever is less) up to $12,000 a calendar year while enrolled in an accredited institution of higher learning other than Stevens and pursuing at least an associate degree. This benefit is limited to four years of undergraduate education per eligible dependent child. This benefit cannot be used for certificate programs, graduate or higher-level courses, or degree pursuits.

Applying for Benefits

The employee must submit a tuition aid request form for themselves or their dependent child to the Division of Human Resources. This procedure must be followed for each term.

For an employee's own tuition, you must submit:

1. Tuition Aid Form (Employee)

2. Itemized tuition bill

3. Copy of transcript with passing grade

For dependent children, you must submit:

1. Tuition Aid Form (Dependent)

2. Itemized tuition bill

Stevens is a member of the Tuition Exchange program, which is a reciprocal scholarship exchange program for eligible dependent children of faculty and staff. The most recent list of participating schools is available on the Tuition Exchange website.

The Tuition Exchange program operates on a balance of exported and imported students from Stevens and other member institutions. The program sets a maximum award amount each year. If an eligible dependent child chooses to attend an institution with tuition exceeding this amount, the eligible dependent child will be responsible for the balance of the tuition, housing and meals, books, fees and any other charges not covered.

Neither acceptance into a member school nor receipt of a Tuition Exchange award is guaranteed.

Incoming Stevens applicants should visit the Tuition Exchange website for more information on Stevens’ program by application year.

Eligibility

All full-time employees who have completed at least one year of full-time continuous service by September 1 of the year their dependent child will attend school as a first-year student may apply to participate in the Tuition Exchange program.

The Tuition Exchange program is limited to undergraduate tuition only. The eligible dependent child must attend school on a full-time basis, as determined by the host institution. The student must meet and maintain all the admissions requirements of the host institution and their employee parent must remain employed by Stevens during the time a Tuition Exchange award is being utilized.

Tuition Aid cannot be combined with this scholarship at the same institution for the same degree program.

Applying for Benefits

To apply for a Tuition Exchange award, the employee and their child must complete a Tuition Exchange application.

Employees should apply for a Tuition Exchange award in the fall of the eligible dependent child’s senior year of high school. The employee and/or the eligible dependent child will be notified of admissions and award decisions by the schools to which the employee and the eligible dependent child have applied.