Education Benefits

Employee Tuition Assistance

If you are regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week, you are eligible for tuition assistance after 90 days of employment. 

Note: 

• Assistance is provided only if you attend an accredited college/university for studies toward an approved degree. 
• You must also agree to work for Johns Hopkins for a pre-determined period of time as detailed in the Tuition Assistance Policy.

The annual benefit is up to $5,250 for undergraduate and graduate level courses.

Dependent Child Tuition Assistance

If you’re a full-time employee (scheduled to work 36 hours or more per week) with four years of continuous full-time service, your dependent children can receive tuition assistance if your dependent is:

• Under age 26 at the beginning of the academic period for which assistance is being requested,
• Enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university and 
• In good academic standing

If eligible, you receive a taxable payment for 50% of the tuition and eligible mandatory academic fees up to a maximum of 50% of The Johns Hopkins University’s freshman undergraduate tuition. Payment is limited to four academic years of full-time undergraduate study per dependent child at an accredited, degree-granting institution. Assistance combined with grants, scholarships, awards, employer benefits, etc. (excluding loans) may not exceed 100% of the tuition and eligible mandatory fees. 

The following expenses are not eligible for reimbursement:

• Tuition expenses at accredited institutions that do not offer degrees, but instead issue diplomas or certificates 
• Room and board
• Books
• Part-time and graduate study 

Assistance is available for mini-sessions and summer courses only if:

• The courses will count toward a degree
• The dependent child is a full-time student who participated in the Dependent Tuition Assistance Program for a previous fall or spring semester
• The student has not received the maximum benefit allowance for the fiscal year