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Financial Aid

Tuition Exchange

Tuition Benefit Options

Â鶹ÊÓƵ offers tuition benefit programs to eligible employees and their dependent children: Tuition Exchange, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Tuition Exchange, and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Scholarship Program.

Tuition Exchange

offers the opportunity for dependent children to attend another institution with a tuition exchange scholarship. It is a reciprocal scholarship opportunity for eligible faculty and staff dependents at all 700+ individual member schools. Â鶹ÊÓƵ determines your student’s admission and eligibility for Tuition Exchange scholarships. Tuition Exchange can be a competitive award and is not guaranteed.

All Â鶹ÊÓƵ eligible employee dependents are certified for this program. It is up to the receiving institution to determine admission and eligibility for scholarships. Tuition Exchange can be a competitive award. The minimum scholarship amount is set by Tuition Exchange and the member school. This program is only available for a student's first undergraduate degree.  It is not an employee benefit but an opportunity because of employment. 

  1. Student applies for admission to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

  2. Student completes (TE-EZ app).

  3. Your home institution approves TE-EZ app for export to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

  4. Â鶹ÊÓƵ receives TE-EZ app and determines scholarship amount and notifies student.

  1. Student applies for admission to institutions they wish to attend.
  2. Student completes (TE-EZ App).
  3. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tuition Exchange Officer approves student’s TE-EZ app for export.
  4. The receiving institution receives TE-EZ app and determines scholarship amount, if any. 

ELCA Tuition Exchange

ELCA Tuition Exchange scholarships are available for dependent children of employees working at an ELCA school to attend another ELCA school with an exchange scholarship. Â鶹ÊÓƵ will determine your student's admission and typically matches the home institution’s percentage of tuition benefit. The program is only available for a student's first undergraduate degree. Learn more about the .

  1. Student applies for admission to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

  2. Employee submits ELCA Tuition Exchange Program Application Form to home institution.

  3. Â鶹ÊÓƵ receives ELCA Tuition Exchange Program Application form from home institution.

  4. Â鶹ÊÓƵ determines tuition benefit amount and notifies student.

  1. Student applies for admission to ELCA institutions they wish to attend.
  2. Employee completes and submits to Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tuition Exchange Officer.
  3. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tuition Exchange Officer submits form to ELCA school the student will attend.
  4. Host institution determines tuition benefit amount, if applicable.

CIC Tuition Exchange

CIC Tuition Exchange scholarships are available for students affiliated with another participating institutions wishing to attend Â鶹ÊÓƵ with exchange scholarship or Â鶹ÊÓƵ employees, their spouses, and dependent children.  Please visit the for more information.

For students coming to Â鶹ÊÓƵ on an exchange scholarship, this program offers the opportunity for undergraduate degrees only (Â鶹ÊÓƵ master’s degrees are not eligible). This program is not restricted to a first undergraduate degree only. 

For Â鶹ÊÓƵ employees, this program offers the opportunity for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees. Online options are also available. Graduate and doctoral degrees through this program are only available to employees and their spouses. This program is not restricted to a first undergraduate degree only.

  1. Individual applies for admission to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

  2. Individual completes

  3. Home institution approves individual’s app for export to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.

  4. Â鶹ÊÓƵ receives Tuition Exchange Program app and determines the scholarship amount. 

  1. Individual applies for admission to institutions they wish to attend.
  2. Individual completes .
  3. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tuition Exchange Officer approves individual’s app for export.
  4. The receiving institution receives Tuition Exchange Program app and determines the scholarship amount. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tuition Scholarship

Â鶹ÊÓƵ provides a Tuition Scholarship Program to eligible dependent children of faculty and staff, allowing for the completion of a bachelor’s degree with no out-of-pocket costs for tuition. This program is only available for a student's first undergraduate degree. Limited to a maximum of eight semesters. Does not cover housing, meals, or fees. Â鶹ÊÓƵ reserves the right to amend this benefit at any time for any reason.

 

  1. Student applies for admission to Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
  2. Family submits the (FAFSA).
  3. Student receives Â鶹ÊÓƵ Tuition Scholarship if admitted to the College.

Eligibility for Â鶹ÊÓƵ employees

Dependents are eligible for the following tuition benefits after the parent has completed two years of aggregate full-time employment. 

  • A parent’s service at a regionally accredited higher education institution will be considered for the two years of full-time employment. Benefits begin at the start of the semester following the qualifying full-time anniversary date.
  • Employees must remain full-time, benefits-eligible (i.e., work a minimum of 30 hours per week for 39 weeks) during benefit use.
  • Should a benefits-eligible employee drop below full-time status or terminate employment, the benefit terminates at the end of the current semester.
  • Employees who are on approved leaves of absence with pay and benefits will maintain eligibility as long as they were eligible prior to leave.
  • If an eligible Â鶹ÊÓƵ employee retires as defined by College policy, is permanently disabled, or is deceased, any eligible children currently enrolled in the program or enrolled in grades 9-12 at the time of change will remain eligible.

For more information

KP Pauly
Tuition Exchange Officer
Â鶹ÊÓƵ
Telephone: (507) 933-6171
E-mail: kpauly [at] gustavus.edu (kpauly[at]gustavus[dot]edu)

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