Boulder Employee Tuition Assistance Benefit

NEW!听The Tuition Assistance Benefit no longer requires employees using the benefit for themselves to register seven days before the start of the semester. You will register during your registration appointment window.
Spring 2025听Tuition Assistance Benefit Applications open December 2.
The CU Boulder deadline to submit the nondegree application is January 3.
A benefit application must be completed every term.

Please see 听to learn more about changes starting this fall. Visit for all instructions, forms and deadlines.

Tuition Assistance Benefit for听Employees

Eligible employees may听receive a waiver for up to a total of 12听credit hours of tuition (space-available basis) each year.
Mandatory student fees听and other applicable education听costs still apply. You will听log in to to see your bill.
Employees can use the benefit on any CU campus (excluding Continuing Education).
Employees must听reapply for the benefit every semester or term.
Employees have the option to transfer the benefit to a dependent. Both the employee and the dependent cannot use the benefit during the same benefit year (fall through summer).
Please visit on the Employee Service Tuition Assistance website for more information.

Please visit on the Employee Service Tuition Assistance website for full details.

Dependents of CU Boulder and System Administration employees can receive a tuition discount of 40% percent each semester. If the dependent is a Colorado resident undergraduate, the discount applies to the student share of tuition after the College Opportunity Fund stipend has been applied.
Dependents can take eligible undergraduate or graduate courses.
Dependents can use the benefit on the Boulder campus.
Mandatory student fees听and other applicable education听costs still apply.
Dependents seeking a degree can enroll full or part time during their assigned enrollment appointment in .
Nondegree dependents taking Main Campus classes can enroll during open enrollment which starts the Friday before classes begin. See the听听for exact dates.
Other scholarships are available for dependents of CU Boulder employees, see听.
Employees need to reapply for the benefit for their dependent every semester or term.

Dependents attend class at a CU campus other than the campus where the employee works.
Eligible employees may听receive $3,240听per academic year to apply toward dependent tuition, up to 12听credits (around $270 per credit hour).
Dependents can register during the standard registration period.
Dependents can only attend undergraduate, non-extended studies, credit-bearing courses.