Tuition Benefits
Updates
Effective January 1, 2026, the updated tuition benefits take effect for current faculty and staff.
- Current benefits-eligible faculty and staff will remain eligible for the Employee Reduced Tuition benefit, which offers 90% reduced tuition with a $12,000 annual limit. The Enhanced Employee Reduced Tuition benefit, which provides 90% reduced tuition without an annual limit for employees with a salary of less than $100,000, will no longer be available.
- Faculty and staff who take noncredit courses billed through CAESAR at Northwestern (such as certificate courses) may still use the Employee Reduced Tuition benefit, but benefits for these courses will now be subject to an annual limit of $5,250. The $5,250 limit for noncredit courses counts toward the $12,000 annual benefit limit for the Employee Reduced Tuition benefit.
- The Employee Certificate Tuition benefit, which provides reimbursement for noncredit courses taken at Northwestern that are billed outside CAESAR, and the Music Academy Reduced Tuition benefit, which provides a discount on nondegree lessons taken at the Bienen School’s Music Academy, will no longer be available.
- The Dependent Reduced (DRU0, DRU2), Dependent Portable (DP0, DP1), and Employee Portable (EP) tuition benefit plans will remain unchanged for current faculty and staff.