Education Benefits

Tuition Scholarship and Tuition Exchange

Personal Benefits
If you work for at least 30 hours a week all year or full-time for nine months, you are eligible to receive 100 percent tuition remission when enrolled in courses at the university, subject to applicable admission requirements. These courses may be either graduate or undergraduate. This benefit is subject to the availability of space in the class after the enrollment of regular, tuition-paying students is complete.

If you are eligible for tuition remission, you are also eligible to participate in the tuition exchange program with Seattle University.

The value of tuition remission for your graduate coursework, under current tax laws, may be subject to Social Security (FICA) and federal income taxes.

Individuals who were employed on a regular, full-time basis for at least twenty (20) years immediately preceding (1) retirement at or after age 55, or (2) earlier retirement because of total disability shall be eligible to receive tuition scholarships equivalent to, and on the same conditions as those for which they would have been eligible if they were not retired. Faculty and staff members who become disabled after ten years of service will continue to be eligible for tuition remission scholarships at the University of Puget Sound.

Retirement means the faculty or staff member leaves the regular, full-time work force.

Disability means either (1) for the first 24 months of the faculty or staff member's disability, being completely unable to perform the material and substantial duties of his or her normal occupation and not performing any other occupation; and after that 24 months, being unable to perform the material and substantial duties of any occupation for which the faculty or staff member is reasonably qualified by education, training, or experience. The disabled faculty or staff member must be under the regular care of a physician, other than himself or herself or a member of his or her family.

Benefits for Spouse and Same Sex Partner
If you are eligible for tuition remission, your partner, subject to applicable admission requirements, is eligible to receive 50 percent tuition remission when enrolled for credit in courses at the university. The benefit level increases to 100 percent after you have completed two years of employment.

If your partner is eligible for 100 percent tuition remission, he or she is also eligible for participation in the tuition exchange program with Seattle University.

The value of tuition remission for your partner's graduate coursework, under current tax laws, will be subject to Social Security (FICA) and federal income taxes. Both FICA and federal income tax will be deducted from your earnings based on the value of the tuition remitted for your spouse.

Individuals who were employed on a regular, full-time basis for at least twenty (20) years immediately preceding (1) retirement at or after age 55, (2) earlier retirement because of total disability, or (3) death, shall be eligible to receive for their partners tuition scholarships equivalent to, and on the same conditions as those for which they would have been eligible if they were not retired, disabled, or deceased.

The partners of disabled or deceased faculty/staff members who become disabled or die after ten years of service will continue to be eligible for tuition remission scholarships at the University of Puget Sound.

Benefits for Your or Your Partner's Dependent Children
If you are eligible for Tuition Remission, your dependent children, subject to applicable admission requirements, are eligible to receive 50 percent tuition remission when enrolled for credit in undergraduate courses for 34 units of coursework, or the attainment of a baccalaureate degree, whichever comes first. The benefit level increases to 100 percent after you have completed two years of employment. Your dependent children are not eligible for tuition remission when enrolled in graduate courses.

If your dependent children are eligible for 100 percent tuition remission, they are also eligible for participation in the tuition exchange programs in which Puget Sound participates. If you have a child who is planning to apply for a tuition exchange scholarship, request an updated list of the participating colleges and universities from the Human Resources Department.

Individuals who were employed on a regular, full-time basis for at least twenty (20) years immediately preceding (1) retirement at or after age 55, (2) earlier retirement because of total disability, or (3) death, shall be eligible to receive for their dependent children tuition scholarships equivalent to, and on the same conditions as those for which they would have been eligible if they were not retired, disabled, or deceased.

The dependent children of disabled or deceased faculty/staff members who become disabled or die after ten years of service will continue to be eligible for tuition remission scholarships at the University of Puget Sound.