Benefits

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.)

Benefits-eligible faculty and staff

  • Faculty and staff receive nine credit hours per term.
  • After three years of consecutive benefits-eligible 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 benefits-eligible employment, your dependent children may be eligible for full tuition.

Part-time faculty

  • After teaching for at least six terms, 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 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.

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