Western Governors University believes formal education has a positive impact on personal growth and future opportunities. For this reason, WGU offers employees and eligible family members a generous employee tuition discount toward WGU degree programs, certificate programs, and course offerings. The WGU Tuition Discount is available to employees who meet the eligibility requirements as of the Term Start Date for the specified degree, certificate program, or course offerings – as applicable. Like most WGU benefits, there is no eligibility waiting period.
Under this policy employees are eligible for a 75% tuition discount and eligible family members are eligible for a 50% tuition discount. Eligible family members include spouses, domestic partners, dependent children, sons/daughters-in law, parents, and parents-in-law. See the official WGU Employee Tuition Discount Policy for other important eligibility requirements, taxation information and details.
To receive and keep a tuition discount from WGU, the student must meet the following requirements:
- Be actively employed, or the family member of a person who is actively employed with WGU.
- Submit a tuition discount application – whether for themselves or on behalf of their family member(s) – through the Benefits menu in Workday, no later than the applicable Term Start Date. Separate submissions are required for each student for whom the discount will be applied and for each term for which the student is seeking the discount.
- Adhere to tuition payment requirements and make required payments by the first day of the term.
- Not benefitting from any scholarship offered through WGU.
- All schoolwork must be completed on the employee/student’s own time and not WGU’s time.
- Adhere to specified program or course completion requirements as set forth in the official WGU Employee Tuition Discount Policy.
Be advised that tuition discounts may have tax implications. However, you may qualify for certain tax-favored treatment in accordance with tax regulations. View and download the complete WGU Employee Tuition Discount Policy for additional details. Lastly, note that WGU does not offer tax favored educational assistance for non-WGU programs.
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