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Tuition Assistance

Will an MBA increase your promotional opportunities? Does your son or daughter dream of attending Ohio State? Would your spouse like to earn a Bachelor's degree? Tuition Assistance is available for eligible faculty and staff and their dependents.

Ohio State offers a tuition assistance benefit for its faculty and staff and their eligible dependents.

The Tuition Assistance program for faculty and staff pays the instructional, general and non-Ohio resident fees for eligible employees who take courses at Ohio State. The Faculty and Staff Tuition Assistance Fact Sheet provides a detailed description of the program provisions. For information regarding enrollment in credit programs refer to HR policy 2.35.

• Benefit Summary - Tuition Assistance for faculty and staff
• Premium Rates - The university provides reimbursement of some fees - there are no premiums.
• Benefit Administrator - The Ohio State University
• Request for Course Enrollment During Regularly Scheduled Work Hour

The Tuition Assistance program for dependents pays a portion of the instructional and general fees for the employee’s spouse, eligible dependent children, same-sex domestic partner, and eligible dependent children of their same-sex domestic partner, who take courses at Ohio State. The Dependent Tuition Assistance Fact Sheet provides a detailed description of the program provisions.

• Benefit Summary - Tuition Assistance for dependents
• Premium Rates - The university provides reimbursement of some fees - there are no premiums.
• Benefit Administrator - The Ohio State University
• Dependent Tuition Assistance Application

If you are unsure whether or not you are eligible for this benefit, go to Benefit Eligibility.