Articles
- Ways to Think about Financing Your Children’s College Education
- Ways to Save for College
- Ways to Invest and Grow Your Savings for College Tuition
- Sources of Possible Aid
- Borrowing Against Your Current Assets
- In a Tough Economy, the Federal PLUS Loan May Give Parents Extra Cash Needed for a Child's College Tuition
- The Basics of 529 Plans to Save and Invest for College
- New Student Loan Law Creates Big Changes for Borrowers
Employer Tuition Assistance Programs
Depending on your, and your student’s, financial resources you may want to encourage your child to look into working for an employer that has a work/school or tuition assistance program. However, there may be restrictions on the type of undergraduate programs an employer may pay for. Funding will usually depend on achieving a certain grade point average; may include a commitment from you to stay with your employer for a set period of time while, or after, you receive funds. (Failure to stay for the time you committed to may result in your having to repay the money to your employer.) Check with a company’s human resources department for more information and eligibility requirements.