question for recent dpt grads!

[f00239849]

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I was just wondering if anyone has been offered a job that includes the benefit of the company /employer paying off their previous loans. Everyone knows that DPT school is super expensive, so it would be great if anyone could share some information regarding who/what employers offer this as a sign on benefit...I am also not talking about a sign on bonus that is payed out over a couple years...i am talking about legit loan repayment. This was brought up while I was being interviewed, and I don't know if we were mislead, but I was told that this was something that employers were now doing. Thanks in advance for any future responses.

 

[Ry19]

The most that I have seen offered in my interviews was a $10,000 sign-on bonus with a home health agency that required a contract. The average amount was around $5,000, some spread it out over two years; these are mostly starting bonsuses for working in a very rural area. If they do offer tuition reimbursment it more than likely will not be an extensive amount (compared to the amount of student loans), but then again I don't know every place that is offering.

 

[Akiramay]

I didn't receive any loan repayment offers during any of my interviews. Like Ry19 said though, I did receive a sign-on bonus from my job for $7500 paid out over 2 years so those seem like the more common offers.

 

[f00239849]

very good thanks both of you.