College is growing increasingly unaffordable, with tuition and fees jumping more than 120% in the past 20 years.
Many people hoping to get their undergraduate or graduate degrees need help to afford school in the first place — and some are finding that through their employees.
A few of the country’s biggest employers offers tuition assistance for employees, often to online schools. Continue reading to see which companies help their workers pay for college.
Target (TGT) offers its employees tuition anywhere from partial to full tuition for certain college programs.
Starbucks (SBUX) employees can go to Arizona State University online for free through the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.
Papa Johns (PZZA) employees have access to tuition assistance for a select group of online colleges through its Dough & Degrees programs.
Amazon’s (AMZN) Career Choice program is available to full-time employees, offering them pre-paid tuition and reimbursement of books and fees up to an annual limit.
Boeing (BA) provides employees up to $25,000 a year for their graduate studies and has other tuition assistance programs, including scholarships for employee’s children.
Home Depot (HD) will help salaried, full-time and part-time hourly associates pay for tuition, with some specific requirements. It also has partner colleges that offer its employees discounted tuition.
Chipotle (CMG) employees can receive tuition assistance at pre-selected schools, including 100% tuition coverage for select associate and bachelor’s degree and up to $5,250 a year for certain other undergrad programs.
Disney (DIS) provides part-time, and full-time workers tuition assistance for GED, trade, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees to a group of pre-selected schools.
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