Tuition Assistance

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At Northeastern, you and your family have access to a world-class education.

Our generous tuition benefit allows full-time benefits-eligible faculty and staff nine credit hours of tuition per academic term. And after three years of consecutive full-time employment, your dependent children are eligible for full tuition (there are additional benefits for spouses and domestic partners.)

Full-time faculty and staff

• Faculty and staff receive nine credit hours per term.
• After three years of consecutive full-time employment, spouses or domestic partners receive one undergraduate or graduate course per term (up to a maximum of four credit hours). One-half of the tuition cost will be waived for additional courses taken at the same time.
• After three years of consecutive full-time employment, your dependent children are eligible for full tuition.

Part-time faculty

• Part-time faculty receive one undergraduate or graduate course per term, with a maximum of four credit hours.
• Spouses and domestic partners receive one undergraduate or graduate course per term (applies only if the benefit is transferred from a part-time faculty member).

Part-time staff

• Part-time staff who work 24 – 34 hours per week receive seven credit hours per term.
• Part-time staff who work 17.5 – 23 hours per week receive five credit hours per term.

Retired faculty and staff

• Retired faculty and staff receive two undergraduate or graduate courses per term, with a maximum of four credit hours per course.
• Spouses or domestic partners receive two undergraduate or graduate courses per term (excluding doctoral courses), with a maximum of four credit hours per course.
• Dependent children receive full tuition for undergraduate and graduate courses (excluding doctoral courses).

For more information about tuition assistance, please see our guidelines.