Companies that Offer Tuition Reimbursement?

[wisco girl]

I will be graduating in 2012 as a marketing major from the U of M. I hope to continue taking classes while working and eventually enter med-school with intentions of specializing in neurology.

Any ideas or suggestions on good companies to work for that would support medical classes? I am interested in a variety of areas including outdoors, equine, nutrition and consulting. I currently live in Minneapolis and am open to relocating esp to western states like CO, NM, AZ, and CA.

Thanks!

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[FrkyBgStok]

nothing at all. people don't offer tuition reimbursement planning on their needs 8 years (or so) from now. there are no companies that will do this.

 

[excitedtoapply]

I will be graduating in 2012 as a marketing major from the U of M. I hope to continue taking classes while working and eventually enter med-school with intentions of specializing in neurology.

Any ideas or suggestions on good companies to work for that would support medical classes? I am interested in a variety of areas including outdoors, equine, nutrition and consulting. I currently live in Minneapolis and am open to relocating esp to western states like CO, NM, AZ, and CA.

Thanks!

That does sound a bit difficult but many companies offer reimbursement for classes that help you become a better employee for them. For example, my company doesn't know I am applying for med school but I work as a chem. process engineer so they are paying for ochem as it will help me with that job (kinda). I will have to work for a year after they pay for the class but if I magically get accepted my first go, it will still be 1.5 years after that class that I quite my job.

What I am attempting to say is that it is unlikely a company will say "oh, sure, we will pay for you to stop working for us and go to med. school" so it may be beneficial to look for a job where you don't have to tell them you are taking classes so that you can leave the job but rather in hopes of being a better employee.

 

[Helen Wheels]

Wisco girl,

I decided to pursue med school years after undergrad. Lucky for me I was working for a large healthcare system which offered tuition reimbursement. The only stipulations for receiving this money were that A) It had to be related to a career in the system and B) You had to work for one year after your last class to avoid having to pay back the previous 12 months tuition assistance.

It was a huge healthcare system so really, even if I hadn't wanted to take classes for med school I could have taken courses in library science, computers, finance, etc. But they certainly accepted med school as my reason and paid for all my post bac science courses. Now, they only paid full time employees $3500 a year in tuition assistance but I took most of my classes at a CC and never needed more than this (though I don't recommend the CC route as I have described ad nauseum in other posts).

So, I'd recommend you look for a job at a good sized healthcare company. You can probably also find something with patient contact and kill two birds with one stone.

 

[FiremedicMike]

I could probably swing it to get my pre-med coursework covered under our tuition reimbursement at the firehouse, as I technically meet the requirements (coursework must relate directly to a job which exists in the city, technically our medical director is a job) but our stipulation is payback of anything received 3 years prior to separation, so I am no planning on using it. Currently I'm still working on coursework at the local cc which gives our department free credit hours in exchange for all the paramedic students we allow to ride here. I have 2 more quarters before transferring in to OU, which is when I will start taking out loans.

 

[Prncssbuttercup]

Many many many hospitals and biotech companies offer tuition reimbursement for courses related to your job. However, at least in biotech, they have to be above the level of your current degree, as in you have a BS, they have to be for a master's... not sure about hospitals as much, but I see it as a benefit... best of luck in your search...

 

[FrkyBgStok]

Oh sorry. I read the OP as asking which jobs will pay for med school. There are plenty of places that will help wiith regular classes. Some hospitals are affiliated with certain schools and will only offer tuition reimbursement through that school.

 

[simondimond]

I don't know if you are talking about tuition reimbursement for college or medical school but at my job (in a hospital) If you work full time, you get a $4000 tuition credit if you are in class full time. If you work part time, it is 50% of that.

 

[Prncssbuttercup]

I guess I read "medical classes" as being something like pre-med courses... or things to help on the way, not med school itself... to do that, I think military is the only option besides the HPSA stuff...

 

[Old Ham]

I currently live in Minneapolis and am open to relocating esp to western states like CO, NM, AZ, and CA.

Hey neighbor; I'm a fellow Minneapolitan and also attend the U of M.

With my employer, a household name in the Twin Cities market, the course or degree you pursue must be related to either your current job or another position in the organization to qualify for reimbursement. One's manager must sign-off either way to receive the benefit. If the employee voluntarily separates within a year of reimbursement (note: possibly well after you complete the class), the money must be repaid.

I chose not to exercise the benefit. For one, my degree program is unrelated to any job in the house. Secondly, for the liberal ed requirements that may have qualified, I didn't want to give them any say-so over my school schedule per past observations involving my peers.

On the upside, my employer offers a generous amount of PTO that I use to attend classes during the day. (This is critical for many upper-division bio courses at the U.) Since they're not paying for anything, they don't care how I burn my vacation time. PM me for details...

It may be challenging to find a place that will pay for pre-med classes, but barring that, you could land somewhere that would give you time to take the courses you'll need.

 

[isoquin]

No one will pay for your med school.

Except the military.

 

[rrt]

No one will pay for your med school.

Except the military.

Wrong...

Texas pays for med school if you work in undeveloped or areas of critical need...

If you are talking about a job you can get into that will pay for college, many will.

If you are talking about a job to get into that will pay for med school (if you get accepted), other than the military, the person I quoted would be right... Not many.

 

[isoquin]

Not wrong. Texas and many other states have programs that pay back loans for primary care specialties in underserved areas. A few will even pay for the med school as you go, but you are restricted in your specialty choices and bound by contract to pay back that money if you don't go into those specialties. The military is the only organization that will pay for med school without restriction to practice. Clearly the OP was looking for a general solution. I recommend you not start many posts here with "wrong."

 

[Prncssbuttercup]

HSPA scholarships will pay for you, but only in 'primary care' specialties... The OP never asked for a company who would pay for med school... Either way, there are many repayment options in almost every state if you're willing to work in a very urban or very rural setting, or can join the military. There are many biotech companies that will pay for pre-med type courses because they are in line with the work... beyond that, some places, like UPS, have very little restriction on what you can take and will pay even for part-time work...

 

[wisco girl]

Thanks for your insights! Yes, I was asking about pre-med courses. Is HPSA a government run deal?

 

[Amarillo]

Work for a University. 🙂 I know the U (of M) offers generous tuition reimbursement/scholarship for continuing education. I think it is 90% reimbursed if you haven't graduated yet -- I know more than one person who deferred graduation for a semester or two while they worked so they could get 90% off tuition. After you've completed a bachelor's, it covers 70% I think.

Other schools (for example, Vanderbilt) offer nice tuition benefits to their employees, and the courses, depending on the benefits package, don't always need to be taken at the institution itself.

 

[dmf2682]

For prereq's only, of course:

My company has a branch in healthcare and it is possible to say that skills from a bio degree would make you useful in that field, even if you're not currently there. I've heard of people doing such things, but it varies based on your immediate supervisor who makes the call whether or not tuition will be reimbursed.

I've decided to not go that route, so I can be as honest as possible with my supervisor and get a good LoR when I apply. Instead I'm using one of the federal tax credits that are out there to help finance my prerequisites.

For medical school:
Join the military, go to Mayo, go for the MD/PhD, or nail the mcat, kick butt with the GPA and pray for a full ride scholarship somewhere.