Vanderbilt Tuition Assistance Programs
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Nursing Tuition Assistance benefit is based on the need to continuously attract and retain qualified Registered Nursing personnel and qualified nursing faculty to be employed within VUMC. The program is subject to change or discontinuation by VUMC in the event that the market no longer dictates the need or the Medical Center elects to eliminate the program. The Nursing Tuition Assistance Benefit is only available to regular full time employees employed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and will pay 12 hours per calendar year for a semester based program. More information about this program can be obtained by sending an email to nursingtuition@vanderbilt.edu.
The Vanderbilt Human Resources office provides Vanderbilt provides tuition discounts for full-time faculty and staff members, their spouses (courses can only be taken at Vanderbilt), and eligible dependent children. Benefits apply to courses taken at Vanderbilt, as well as those taken at other accredited institutions.
You and your spouse are eligible to participate if you have been an active, full-time faculty or staff member for three months prior to course registration. You become eligible to receive benefits for your children after you have been a full-time faculty or staff member for five years at Vanderbilt or if you have equivalent service at any other accredited college or university, if within three months of joining Vanderbilt. The benefit will apply to the first semester following the completion of five years of full-time, continuous service. Staff members may audit one Vanderbilt course of up to three hours per semester. Tuition will be waived as long as you have the instructor's permission to attend. Staff may receive 70% tuition discount on courses taken for academic credit at Vanderbilt up to a maximum of one three-hour course each semester and three courses each school year. Similarly, staff may receive 70% tuition reimbursement for courses taken, with supervisor's approval, at another accredited institution. Reimbursement only applies if you receive a grade of "C" or better.
Your spouse or certified domestic partner can receive a 47% tuition discount for one non-degree course per semester taken at Vanderbilt. Your eligible dependent children may qualify for 70% tuition discount on Vanderbilt courses. For dependent children enrolled at any other eligible institution, the benefit is tied to the tuition amount charged by that eligible institution. To qualify, your child must be enrolled in undergraduate courses leading to the first baccalaureate degree at an accredited college or university. Each eligible dependent may receive tuition discounts for up to eight semesters or twelve quarters of undergraduate courses contingent upon satisfactory academic progress. The maximum family benefit is 24 semesters for each eligible spouse employed at Vanderbilt. If other scholarships or grant support received is designated for tuition, Vanderbilt's combined support may not exceed 100% of tuition. More information about this program can be obtained by sending an email to tuitionbenefit@vanderbilt.edu.