Educational Benefits
Educational Benefits
Western Kentucky University offers tuition assistance to employees, spouses, and dependent children to enhance the benefits available to employees and to encourage individual development and the pursuit of higher levels of education by all employees and their families.
For more information, please view the policies below.
Full-time, regular employees are eligible to have tuition and mandatory fees remitted for up to six (6) credit hours per semester and up to six (6) credit hours during the winter and summer terms for a combined total of 18 credit hours per calendar year. Part-time employees are eligible to have tuition and mandatory fees remitted for up to three (3) credit hours per semester and up to three (3) total credit hours during the winter and summer terms for a total of nine (9) credit hours per calendar year. Part-time staff must have been employed for a period of six (6) months and part-time faculty must have been employed for one (1) full semester (Fall or Spring) to be eligible for benefits under this policy.
POLICY: Tuition Waiver Program for Employees
FORM: Employee Attending WKU Form
FORM: Part-time Faculty Form (Send to vpaaptw@wku.edu to obtain final approval from the Vice Provost)
Dependent children of full-time employees are eligible for a 50% discount on tuition and mandatory fees applied to undergraduate courses until the degree requirements for one (1) baccalaureate degree are met.
POLICY: Tuition Discount Program for Dependent Children of Employees
Spouses or other qualified dependents of regular, full-time employees are eligible for a 50% tuition discount for up to six (6) credit hours per semester (Fall and Spring) and up to six (6) credit hours during the Winter and Summer (May included) terms combined (total of 18 credit hours per calendar year), applied to undergraduate or graduate course work.
POLICY: Tuition Discount Program for Spouses/Other Qualified Dependents
FORM: Tuition Discount Form for Spouses/Other Qualified Dependents
Form Deadlines
Spring Term
May Term
Summer Term
Fall Term
Winter Term
NOTE: forms may be submitted at anytime for WKU On Demand courses.
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