Tuition Benefit

St. Olaf College offers a partial tuition waiver for dependent children of faculty and staff to attend and receive a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf or other eligible ELCA or ACM post-secondary institutions around the country.

Eligibility

Both the employee and student must meet certain eligibility requirements to utilize the tuition benefit. Review the policy in the Staff Handbook (criteria applies to both Staff and Faculty).

Benefit Amount and Duration

The tuition benefit amount and duration are based on the employee’s FTE grouping. Room and Board is always an additional cost and is not used to determine the amount of the tuition benefit. Families will not be informed of the actual tuition benefit amount until the student has completed the application for the college, the Tuition Benefit Application, and has been accepted to the college.

Our tuition benefit programs have a benefit amount of 80% of tuition for full-time employees (.75 – 1.-0 FTE). The tuition benefit amount for part-time employees (.50 – .749 FTE) can be found in the Staff Handbook. The remaining 20% of tuition plus room and board are the responsibility of the family. We encourage families to complete the FAFSA. Many students can qualify for student loans to be used toward the family responsibility.