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Employee Tuition Benefits

Saint Louis University offers employees tuition benefits including tuition remission and tuition exchange.

Tuition Remission for Employees

Eligible SLU faculty, staff and emeritus faculty may apply for and receive a full tuition waiver for up to 18 hours per academic year. There is a $25 per credit hour nonrefundable fee.

To be eligible for the benefit, full-time faculty, full-time staff or emeritus faculty must be considered a full-time faculty or staff member during the month of the first day of classes for the term for which tuition-remission benefits are requested and meet requirements for admission as well as maintaining satisfactory academic progress.

Eligible participants can apply for the tuition-remission benefit online through Workday. A universal tuition-remission application process allows you to apply once for tuition-remission benefits. The approved applications will remain in place until you no longer meet the eligibility requirements. 

These tuition-remission benefits shall not apply to the following:

  • University fees and course-related fees
  • Classes offered at any university, college, junior college or other educational institution other than the University
  • Tuition in excess of an overall limit of 180 credit hours for undergraduate, graduate and professional school tuition remission
  • Courses offered by Saint Louis University as noncredit courses or continuing education
  • Medical school tuition
  • When any satisfactory academic progress or admission requirement established by the Academic Vice President's Office is not met
  • A period of one term should a participant withdraw from courses in two consecutive terms or during the majority of terms for which they register in an academic year

Graduate-level Course Tax Liability

The IRS requires employees to pay taxes on graduate tuition benefits exceeding $5,250 in a calendar year. Employees will receive a letter once the limit is exceeded, and the appropriate taxes will be withheld from paychecks upon receipt of the employee class enrollment report.

To request that advanced tax deductions be withheld for the current calendar year, you may fill out the form below and submit it to Payroll Services. Please read the form carefully as the elections you submit will affect your paycheck amounts for the remainder of the calendar year.

Tuition Remission for Spouse and Children

The spouse and/or children (natural or adopted) of any full-time faculty, staff or Emeritus faculty are eligible for benefits under the tuition-remission plan.

Eligible participants can apply for dependent tuition-remission benefits online through Workday. A universal tuition-remission application process allows you to apply once for tuition-remission benefits. The approved applications will remain in place until you no longer meet the eligibility requirements.

There is a tuition-remission fee assessed on a per-credit-hour basis, as follows:

  • For dependent of SLU employee (Pell-eligible): $25 ($75 per three-hour class)
  • For dependent of SLU employee: $50 ($150 per three-hour class) 

For a spouse or child to be eligible as a plan participant during the month of the first day of classes for the term for which tuition-remission benefits are requested, he or she must qualify as a spouse or child of a current or former full-time faculty or staff member who during the month of the first day of classes for the term for which tuition-remission benefits are sought meets one of the following criteria:

  • He or she is a full-time faculty or staff member who has completed three years of continuous full-time service with the University immediately during the month of the first day of classes for which tuition-remission benefits are sought; or
  • He or she is a former full-time staff or faculty member who was employed for more than 10 consecutive years by the University and he or she terminated employment with the University by reason of retirement upon or after the attainment of age 55 or was employed for more than seven consecutive years by the University and he or she terminated employment with the University by reason of retirement upon or after the attainment of age 60;
  • Dies while employed by the University
  • Must not have been awarded a bachelor's degree; and
  • Must have met the established requirements for admission to the University and must have been admitted to one of the undergraduate programs of the University;
  • Can be a degree-seeking student from another institution;
  • Must, once admitted, continue to meet existing requirements to maintain satisfactory academic progress at Saint Louis University; and
  • In the case of a child, must not have reached his or her 25th birthday.
  • In the case of a child, must be natural born or adopted by the faculty, staff or Emeritus faculty. Step-children are not eligible for the benefit.
  • A spouse or child who satisfies the eligibility requirements shall be entitled to a full waiver of tuition for undergraduate credit hours taken at the University.

These tuition-remission benefits shall not apply:

  • For undergraduate courses after receiving an undergraduate degree from any college or university
  • For undergraduate courses in excess of 18 credit hours beyond the total required for the degree as stated in the "Undergraduate Catalog"
  • For credit hours taken at the University at the graduate level
  • For courses offered by Saint Louis University as noncredit courses or continuing education
  • For University fees and course-related fees
  • For courses exceeding registration limits
  • When any satisfactory academic progress or admission requirement is not met
  • For classes offered at any university, college, junior college or other educational institution other than Saint Louis University

Tuition Exchange and FACHEX

Saint Louis University participates in both the Tuition Exchange program and the Faculty and Staff Children Exchange and can provide information, including eligibility, application deadlines, allowances and durations, and the application processes.

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