Anonymous
09/13/2025 19:49
Subject: Employer-based tuition reimbursement - mostly useless?
CMU pays half.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 18:12
Subject: Employer-based tuition reimbursement - mostly useless?
JHU pays for half tuition anywhere. I should know - I got laid off and lost the benefits four months before my kid’s first college payment was due. Result of Trump/Musk’s destruction of USAID.
In general, yes, the college considers the amount your employer will contribute first, then considers how much you can pay for need based aid. It shouldn’t impact merit aid, though.
In general, yes, the college considers the amount your employer will contribute first, then considers how much you can pay for need based aid. It shouldn’t impact merit aid, though.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 17:57
Subject: Employer-based tuition reimbursement - mostly useless?
Anonymous wrote:Which companies pay the college tuition for their employees’ children?
Columbia pays for half I believe
Anonymous
09/13/2025 17:53
Subject: Employer-based tuition reimbursement - mostly useless?
You can often stack it with merit aid from the college your kid attends.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 16:51
Subject: Employer-based tuition reimbursement - mostly useless?
Which companies pay the college tuition for their employees’ children?
Anonymous
09/13/2025 16:38
Subject: Re:Employer-based tuition reimbursement - mostly useless?
In this case, I'm talking about using the tuition reimbursement for my kid's college tuition. It's about 12k/year and subject to tax after the first 5k.
My understanding is that if a family is eligible for financial aid from a university, the college will deduct any tuition benefits you receive from an employer from the need-based financial aid. So, for instance, if my EFC for college X is 45k/year without the benefit, that really won't change if we use the benefit.
My understanding is that if a family is eligible for financial aid from a university, the college will deduct any tuition benefits you receive from an employer from the need-based financial aid. So, for instance, if my EFC for college X is 45k/year without the benefit, that really won't change if we use the benefit.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 16:14
Subject: Re:Employer-based tuition reimbursement - mostly useless?
Are you going full-time? I think the benefit is meant for 1 or 2 classes a year.
Anonymous
09/13/2025 15:41
Subject: Employer-based tuition reimbursement - mostly useless?
It seems that a family's EFC does not change if they have employer sponsored tuition benefit. Colleges will simply reduce the amount of financial aid/institutional grants by the amount of the benefit.
Am I missing something?
Am I missing something?