Save thousands by attending school and working, at a university.
If you are a North Carolina resident who has plans to pursue a degree in the field of your dreams, consider working at your nearest state university. The rewards often include tuition reimbursement, tuition/fee waivers and/or discounted tuition for yourself, your spouse/domestic partner and your dependents.
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Full-time employees (excluding teacher's assistant, research assistant, postdoc, or resident/fellow) along with their spouses and dependents are immediately classified as a resident for tuition purposes, whether or not they have resided in North Carolina for 12+ months.
Other perks of working for the University of North Carolina (UNC) include a tuition/fee waiver for students who are permanently employed by UNC, the UNC health care system and general administration on a recurring basis and who work 30+ hours weekly. This offer is also extended to the spouses of permanent full-time employees of UNC at Chapel Hill or the UNC health care system.
UNC-Chapel Hill
Suite 3100
SASB North; CB# 2100
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2100
919-962-3954
http://www.unc.edu/
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University offers a program that allows eligible full-time faculty and staff to apply for a waiver of tuition/fee privileges. This waiver may also be applied to online courses. Employees must be academically eligible for admission and admission is on a space available basis.
Also, the State of North Carolina's Academic Assistance Program provides reimbursement to its permanent employees for job-related courses. Qualifying courses include those that benefit the employee and the university, that are directly related to the employee's current job and that are necessary to obtain a degree in a major that is relevant to the employee's current job.
NC State University
203 Peele Hall
Campus Box 7103
Raleigh, NC 27695-7103
919 515-2434
http://www.ncsu.edu/
Wake Forest University
Tuition concessions are offered for employees who have 2+ years of full-time continuous service at Wake Forest University (WFU). The offerings include full tuition for undergraduate study in WFU College or at the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy.
Reimbursement of $1,791.50 is provided annually if the employee attends another institution and is only approved if the course or degree program is relevant to the employee's current position or department.
Courses requiring individual instruction are not reimbursable under the program.
There are also benefits to dependents, spouses and domestic partners that include 94% tuition paid each year when attending undergraduate-only WFU courses (dependents) and 50% tuition paid for WFU undergraduate and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences courses (spouses and domestic partners).
Wake Forest University (WFU)
1834 Wake Forest Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
336-758-5000
http://www.wfu.edu/
Duke University
A school that is such a big presence in Durham that its name is its mailing address, Duke offers tuition reimbursement for courses taken at any higher educational institution that is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that has a physical presence in North Carolina (including Duke).
A grant program is also available that covers undergraduate tuition expenses for the children of eligible employees for full-time study at any accredited college or university.
Duke University
2138 Campus Drive/Box 90586
Durham, NC 27708
919-684-8111
http://www.duke.edu/
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