Will hospitals pay for graduate education?

[jam752]

I was wondering if anyone knew if it's typical for hospitals to pay for graduate education. I have a friend who works at a major hospital in Philadelphia, and she says that if she wants to get her master's at the hospital she currently works at, they'll pay 90% of the cost, and if she wants to go anywhere else, they'll pay 70%. Is this a normal benefit for nurses, or does she work at a hospital with amazing benefits? Thanks so much for any input!

[tablefor9, RN]

$2400/yr undergrad, $3600/yr graduate; they will do complete scholarship with a service contract for positions in need (ARNP). Most facilities I've worked for have had this type of comp package.

I worked for another facility that did 50% after your 1st 90 days, 75% after 1st year, 100% after 5 years, but I think that's pretty generous.

[hopefulwhoop]

For the people who said their hospital will pay... what state do you work in?

Florida

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

Can you direct me to the school where I can get a Master's for $10,500? Because mine has a ticket price of $40,000. I know that's high end, but I've never seen anyplace do it for $10,500.

If you go 4 years part time you're getting $21,000. At my hospital though each year of assistance comes with a 2 year work commitment so that would mean an additional 4 years AFTER finishing the Masters if you take 4 years to do it.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

all philadelphia area health systems have tuition reimbursement as desire highly educated workforce:

penn: fte $8,000

http://www.pennmedicine.org/careers/working-at-penn-medicine/employee-benefits/tuition-assistance.html

jefferson: tuition assistance and other benefits

internal: reimburses undergraduate courses at 90% (up to $5,000 per fiscal year) and graduate courses at 90% (up to $7,500 per fiscal year

external schools: undergraduate courses at 80% (up to $3,000 per fiscal year) and graduate courses at 80% (up to $5,000 per fiscal year

main line: 2011 full and part time benefits summary

100% of tuition up to $6,000 per calendar year for full time employees. pro-rated benefits for part-time employees.

mercy: working for mercy

fte per cal year: undergrad- $4,000; graduate-$5,000 paid upfront directly to school

all have 1 yr work committment afterwords or monies held from last check/repaid.

[JulieCVICURN, BSN, RN]

If you go 4 years part time you're getting $21,000. At my hospital though each year of assistance comes with a 2 year work commitment so that would mean an additional 4 years AFTER finishing the Masters if you take 4 years to do it.

I guess it depends on the way the calendar works at your place. At mine, it's $900 per trimester, even if your school is on a different schedule. With my master's program, I end up losing one trimester so I only get $1800 a year. At that rate, it would take me 20 years!