DePaul offers great tuition benefits for eligible employees and their dependents for study at DePaul, Tuition Exchange Program member schools, and DePaul College Prep. Full-time employees may also be eligible for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Faculty and Staff Tuition Waiver
All full-time faculty and staff are immediately eligible for the tuition waiver benefit. A faculty or staff's full-time employment date must precede the last day to drop classes with no penalty (refer to the academic calendar) in order to have the waiver applied to the academic term during which they are hired. Tuition waiver benefit is available to part-time faculty who meet the eligibility requirements. Tuition waivers are allowed for a maximum of 8 credit hours per quarter or 10 hours per semester in the College of Law. In certain situations, waivers are taxable. For complete details, review the Tuition Waiver Policy.
* Waiver forms must be submitted before the last day to drop classes with no penalty; refer to the
Academic Calendar for these dates.
Tuition for Dependents of Faculty and Staff
After 1 year of full-time service, spouses or unrelated SDAs, and dependent children of faculty and staff employees are eligible for tuition waivers. Spouses or Unrelated SDAs are eligible for a full tuition waiver for undergraduate and graduate-level courses, while dependent children are eligible for waivers that cover 100 percent of course tuition at the undergraduate level and 50 percent at the graduate level. Certain restrictions apply as detailed in the Tuition Waiver policy. Waivers are taxable in certain situations as defined in the Tuition Waiver policy. Additional documentation is required for an eligible dependent child to obtain a tax-exempt undergraduate tuition waiver. For details, read the
Tuition Waiver policy.
Tuition Exchange Program
Tuition Exchange offers national scholarship exchange programs for the dependents of employees of member schools, including DePaul University. See the
Tuition Exchange Program Guidelines for more information. The deadline to apply is October 1 for the following academic year.
Dependent children of full-time faculty and staff with at least 1 year of service who are pursuing their first bachelor’s degree may apply for a scholarship at participating “host” schools. Dependent children may be eligible to attend any other school participating in the program on a full tuition exchange scholarship or at a significant tuition reduction if the dependent child is awarded a tuition exchange scholarship. There is a limit of 10 institutions per application.
(Note: If DePaul is a school of choice, do not include DePaul as one of the 10 institutions on the Tuition Exchange application. Tuition benefits for eligible dependents applying for DePaul are covered under DePaul’s Tuition Waiver benefit program.)
Information about Tuition Exchange, including a list of participating colleges and universities, can be found on the
Tuition Exchange website.
DePaul College Prep
Dependent children of qualified DePaul faculty and staff may receive up to a $2,000 tuition discount at DePaul College Prep. For more information about qualification requirements and how to apply, visit the
DePaul College Prep website.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Barnes & Noble Discount
Faculty and staff are eligible for a 10 percent discount off textbooks and 20 percent off general books (not already discounted), supplies and other store items at Barnes & Noble locations at the Loop and Lincoln Park campuses.