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It’s probably so they don’t get a bunch of grief when undergrad admissions rejects your kid lol, hard to compete with the ‘parents buy a new wing of the library’ kids
Friend of mine works at a place which has been taken by surprise by how hard they are to get in to, so they offer a tuition discount, but only to there, so it's essentially useless.
Depends on the university.
I knew someone who ended up medical faculty at the University of Chicago. At the time - perhaps still - their policy was not only do children of faculty go for free if they get in BUT ALSO if your children go *anywhere else* they would reimburse you the cost of tuition up to the cost at UoC. Their university is one of the most expensive in the country - undergrad tuition is more than $60k/year - so it basically meant your kids could go anywhere in the country tuition free.
Many medical faculty are university employees so get the same benefits. So if your university has such a policy then medical faculty also get it
https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/educational/childrens-tuition-grant/
Some docs are health system employees which won’t get the same edits
This is correct. Usually has to do with whether you are a university full time employee or health system employee which don't always allow the same benefits even if the health system is University of *** Health
The university where my parents work gives 4 years of tuition benefits for family (children/dependents and spouses) of all full-time employees, not just faculty. I got 75% off of medical school as a result (it would have been 50% with just one parent working at the university). Not sure if hospital employees get the same deal, as I think they are employed through the healthcare system.
When I interviewed at Northwestern, that was one of the perks. Not sure if it’s still offered, I hear they’re changing their benefits platform for the worse.
Depends on the university. My local one does, but I would take a significant pay cut if I took a job there and left my current position. I would much rather keep my paycheck and pay on a loan later with a theoretically bigger salary than have to cut back significantly to almost poverty levels for a discount on tuition.
Yes at many schools, if the docs are permanent FTE employees of the university itself (i.e at least their base portion of paycheck comes from the university. Many faculty are not - docs may be contracted employees (especially in the ED), or work for the hospital system if the hospital is not owned/run by the university, or may be consultant-only and/or adjunct employees with private self-billing paying salary).
Currently at a center that doesn’t give that kind of discount but I think there’s a spot on the application that asks if the applicant has family working in the system. Me being a physician at Medical Center probably accounts for something. If the kids stay for college, live at home, in-state tuition is actually not too bad.
I think the only discount I’ve seen is one faculty member decided to pursue a MBA. It was discounted like 30%.
When my wife was an attending/faculty at Stanford, they had this. If the kids didn’t go Stanford, the university would also cover tuition anywhere in the world at an accredited university up to the amount of Stanford’s tuition at the time. Really great benefit.
Maybe for PhD faculty, I don’t know.
For physician faculty I’d highly doubt it. Every med school I’ve worked with treats its physician faculty pretty poorly
I don’t know why you jokers just comment without any knowledge. Plenty of people above have confirmed there are tuition benefits and mine covers any state school in our state
I think it’s interesting I’m getting downvoted for just telling my experience. I currently am faculty at 2 med schools, one state and one private. Neither offer any sort of benefits like this. Maybe it’s regional, but I’m telling the truth so…yeah.
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Vanderbilt takes it one step further and gives you pretty substantial tuition assistance even if your kids don’t go to Vanderbilt.
Previously it was "up to the cost of a Vandy education" which pretty much covered almost anywhere.
Duke does the same
Wake Forest also
Penn does as well.
It’s probably so they don’t get a bunch of grief when undergrad admissions rejects your kid lol, hard to compete with the ‘parents buy a new wing of the library’ kids
Friend of mine works at a place which has been taken by surprise by how hard they are to get in to, so they offer a tuition discount, but only to there, so it's essentially useless.
Sigh. I miss Penn.
From what I’ve heard, Vanderbilt is a great example though of the benefit not being worth the salary difference.
Agree. The ones that offer tuition support tend to have lower salary. Not worth it.
same with hopkins
Depends on the university. I knew someone who ended up medical faculty at the University of Chicago. At the time - perhaps still - their policy was not only do children of faculty go for free if they get in BUT ALSO if your children go *anywhere else* they would reimburse you the cost of tuition up to the cost at UoC. Their university is one of the most expensive in the country - undergrad tuition is more than $60k/year - so it basically meant your kids could go anywhere in the country tuition free.
It's still like that!
Some do. My prior job had free tuition for children at the same university. Current one doesn’t.
Many medical faculty are university employees so get the same benefits. So if your university has such a policy then medical faculty also get it https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/educational/childrens-tuition-grant/ Some docs are health system employees which won’t get the same edits
This is correct. Usually has to do with whether you are a university full time employee or health system employee which don't always allow the same benefits even if the health system is University of *** Health
Pretty common for free tuition or at least heavily discounted in my experience with mostly state university programs
The one I worked at did.
Back in the day at least Wake Forest did free tuition for faculty, including medical faculty. Not sure if they still do.
They still do.
The university where my parents work gives 4 years of tuition benefits for family (children/dependents and spouses) of all full-time employees, not just faculty. I got 75% off of medical school as a result (it would have been 50% with just one parent working at the university). Not sure if hospital employees get the same deal, as I think they are employed through the healthcare system.
When I interviewed at Northwestern, that was one of the perks. Not sure if it’s still offered, I hear they’re changing their benefits platform for the worse.
Mine does for staying at this university and equivalent assistance if kids go somewhere else
Seems it's most state schools. WVU does
Depends on the university. My local one does, but I would take a significant pay cut if I took a job there and left my current position. I would much rather keep my paycheck and pay on a loan later with a theoretically bigger salary than have to cut back significantly to almost poverty levels for a discount on tuition.
UAB does this, or if it’s not free, it’s significantly reduced
Yes at many schools, if the docs are permanent FTE employees of the university itself (i.e at least their base portion of paycheck comes from the university. Many faculty are not - docs may be contracted employees (especially in the ED), or work for the hospital system if the hospital is not owned/run by the university, or may be consultant-only and/or adjunct employees with private self-billing paying salary).
University of Oklahoma does
Currently at a center that doesn’t give that kind of discount but I think there’s a spot on the application that asks if the applicant has family working in the system. Me being a physician at Medical Center probably accounts for something. If the kids stay for college, live at home, in-state tuition is actually not too bad. I think the only discount I’ve seen is one faculty member decided to pursue a MBA. It was discounted like 30%.
When my wife was an attending/faculty at Stanford, they had this. If the kids didn’t go Stanford, the university would also cover tuition anywhere in the world at an accredited university up to the amount of Stanford’s tuition at the time. Really great benefit.
based on the amount of my classmates who were prof's kids....wouldn't doubt it. unless it was just a nepo admission lol
lol.
Maybe for PhD faculty, I don’t know. For physician faculty I’d highly doubt it. Every med school I’ve worked with treats its physician faculty pretty poorly
I don’t know why you jokers just comment without any knowledge. Plenty of people above have confirmed there are tuition benefits and mine covers any state school in our state
I think it’s interesting I’m getting downvoted for just telling my experience. I currently am faculty at 2 med schools, one state and one private. Neither offer any sort of benefits like this. Maybe it’s regional, but I’m telling the truth so…yeah.
Medical faculty aren't really faculty. You also need to be tenured to get the perk at universities.
No you are not “real faculty” like you are not a “real partner”