Office of Human Resources

Reduced In-State Tuition

This program allows a reduced in-state tuition fee for credit courses at ASU, NAU or UA.

The following people are eligible for the reduced fee:

  1. Benefits-eligible employees, their spouses and dependent children
  2. Eligible retirees, their spouses and dependent children
  3. Long-term disability participants who had at least five continuous years of employment immediately preceding sep[aration, their spouses and dependent children
  4. Certain employees of affiliated units, their spouses and dependent children
  5. Eligible spouses and dependent children of deceased employees.

Download a Tuition Waiver Form or pick one up at the HR Employee Service Center.

For more information on eligibilty, credit hour limits and fees.

Taxation
The waiver amount for undergraduate classes is not taxable as long as the student is enrolled in an undergraduate degree program.

Employees who are enrolled in graduate level programs are subject to taxation on any level of class when the discounted tuition amount exceeds $5,250 within the tax calendar year.

The full amount of the tuition discount on any level of classes taken by eligible family members who are enrolled in graduate level programs or who are non-degree seeking students is taxable to the employee. For a more detailed explanation, please refer to the information at the bottom of the Tuition Waiver form.

In general:

  • Spring spouse/dependent waivers are taxed in March, April and May.
  • Summer spouse/dependent waivers are taxed in August, September and October.
  • Fall spouse/dependent waivers are usually taxed in October, November and December.
  • Employee-only waivers exceeding the $5,250 threshold amount within the same tax calendar year are taxed on only the amount that exceeds the $5,250 threshold. It can occur at any point in the year, but most employees do not exceed the threshold until the Fall semester and are taxed in November and December.

Domestic Partner Benefits
Although domestic partner health care benefits are not offered by ASU, the University Provost Office does administer two programs for an employee and their same or opposite sex domestic partner and eligible dependents:

  • In-State Tuition Reduction Program; plus
  • Retention Subsidy Program that supplements an employee's salary for the purchase of health insurance.

To apply, please complete the Declaration and Request forms and forward to Beverly Buddee at Mail Code 7805 or call 480.965.7405 for more information.