Are there any schools that may use employer tuition benefit to reduce family contribution?

[ucbalumnus]

Here is an older thread showing how colleges’ stated policies on outside scholarships can vary (but policies may have changed since then, so recheck if it is important to you). Note that a common way of applying outside scholarships is to apply them first to the student contribution (i.e. the student loan and student work that are assumed), but then reduce the school’s grants before reducing the parent contribution.

List of outside scholarship + financial aid policies ("stacking", "scholarship displacement")

Since the interaction between outside scholarships and financial aid varies for different colleges, how about making a list of different college policies? Specify the order in which parts of the financial aid package are replaced. Use the following abbreviations for common terms (not all colleges include all of the following): UN = unmet need SL = student loan (federal direct loan) SW = student work expectation or work study SC = student contribution = SL + SW IG = institutional grants (i.e. grants from the college) PC = parent contribution expectation Full “stacking” examples (IG is reduced last): CMU: UN, SL, SW, PC, IG https://www.cmu.edu/sfs/financial-aid/types/scholarships-and-grants/outside.html Maryland public universities: (UN + SC + PC), IG https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-scholarship-displacement-20170704-story.html St. Olaf: SL, SW, PC, IG https://wp.stolaf.edu/financialaid/outside-scholarships/ Better for the student than typical policy, but not f…