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Education Discounts and Partnerships

Knowledge is Power: Strengthen Your Career With State Education Benefits

Today more than ever, career training and education are important to success in the workplace. That’s why the state of Indiana invests so heavily in ensuring Hoosiers have access to higher education and why it is committed to empowering you with career-advancing learning opportunities. The following colleges and universities now offer tuition discounts and/or scholarships to state employees:

  • Certificates, associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs.
  • Designed to make it easier to balance work, educational, and personal commitments.
  • Variety of academic calendars.
  • Online, in-person, and combined class models available.
  • Prior learning and work experience may qualify for academic credit.
  • Some benefits extended to family members.

Read below to learn more about each university.

Partnerships

Ivy Tech Community College (Ivy Tech)

Achieve Your Degree (AYD) Program

Through the Achieve your Degree (AYD) partnership, employees can apply, enroll, and take courses at Ivy Tech Community College without having to pay tuition expenses upfront and then later applying for reimbursement from the state. This partnership will allow the state to pay Ivy Tech directly upon an employee’s successful completion of a course in order to remove any financial barriers to education.

The AYD partnership offers state employees access to more than 70 academic programs, as well as opportunities to receive associate degrees, short-term certificates and workforce certifications in various fields. Additionally, Ivy Tech’s Ivy+ Tuition and Textbooks model provides students with free textbooks for required courses through the spring 2023 and a flat rate tuition cost students who enroll in more than 12 credits.

How to apply for the AYD program:

Employees seeking tuition assistance as part of AYD partnership, must complete and submit the Tuition Assistance Program Application (State Form: 56530) to their employing agency at least 30 days prior to the start date of their courses.

After receiving eligibility approval from the employing agency as outlined in Addendum A to the Education Reimbursement policy, the employee should then complete the following steps:

  • apply for the AYD program online at: apply.ivytech.edu/ayd/stateemployee;
  • complete the AYD consent form that will be emailed to the employee through the Ivy Tech email. Please note: Applicants will be provided with an Ivy Tech an email address after completing the application;
  • upload the Approval Document INSPD provides to the AYD application.

Ivy Tech’s AYD coordinator will then confirm the employee applicant’s eligibility for tuition assistance with the employee relations division of the Indiana State Personnel Department (INSPD).

Once INSPD confirms the employee’s eligibility for the program, Ivy Tech’s AYD coordinator will complete the process of approving the employee’s Ivy Tech account, as applicable.

Payment to Ivy Tech

Ivy Tech will complete invoicing to the employing agency after grades have been posted each semester. Ivy Tech will inform the student of any amounts not covered by the state’s tuition assistance program and options available to make payment. Students will be responsible for maintaining program eligibility per INSPD policy and therefore employer funding.

Discounts

Indiana State University

Through the Preferred Partnership with Indiana State University, state employees receive 15% off the in-state tuition rate (regardless of your state of residence) for all academic programs including online, on-campus, undergraduate and graduate programs. Additionally, employees receive expedited admissions processing and transfer credit review, as well as a waiver of the enrollment deposit. Indiana State offers 100+ fully online degree and certificate programs. Apply today!

How to obtain your Preferred Partner discount:

  • Visit https://indianastate.edu/ to APPLY!
  • Within the application, you will be asked if you are an employee of a Preferred Partner. Click the dropdown list and select STATE OF INDIANA.
  • After you have applied, employment verification will be obtained from the State of Indiana and your 15% discount will be confirmed.
  • You will remain eligible for the discounted tuition rate, so long as you remain employed by the State of Indiana.

Find more information here:


Indiana Tech

A Message from Indiana Tech:

Indiana Tech strives to make pursuing a degree an easier and more affordable endeavor for State of Indiana employees and their spouses. As a thank you for your civic service we will award a 20 percent tuition scholarship for undergraduate or graduate tuition. Classes are six weeks, one class at a time, either online or in person, making it even easier for the working adult to GO FOR IT!

https://www.indianatech.edu/goforit/

  • Programs ranging from undergraduate certificates, associate, bachelor and master’s degrees.
  • Graduate certificates in five business concentrations.
  • Student success advisors provide one-on-one support and resources that help students stay on track.
  • Classes are always starting soon, allowing rapid progress toward degree completion.
  • Textbook rental included at no cost
  • Additional military scholarships available.

For more information please contact Jackson Huff at 317-466-2121 ext. 4108 or at jphuff@indianatech.edu

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Oakland City University

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A message from Oakland City University:

The Oakland City University Partner Discount program was created to assist our working adult students as well as students who are members of organizations who serve our community.  Students who are affiliated with one of our partner organizations are eligible to receive a $1,000 tuition discount when they enroll in any of the following Online Adult and Professional Studies degree programs:

  • Business Administration - Management (B.S.)
  • Business Administration - Human Resource (B.S.)
  • Business Administration - Accounting (B.S.)
  • Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice (B.S.)
  • Operations Management (B.A.S.)
  • Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
  • Masters of Business Administration - Healthcare Management (M.B.A.)
  • Master of Science in Strategic Management - Criminal Justice Administration (M.S.)
  • Master of Science in Strategic Management - General (M.S.)
  • Master of Science in Strategic Management - Logistics and Product Distribution (M.S.)
  • Master of Science in Strategic Management - Quality Systems (M.S.)
  • Master of Science in Strategic Management - Leadership (M.S.)

We understand the important role employers and community organizations play in the lives of our students and we also understand the value of an educated workforce to our local community and our nation as a whole.

By supporting the employees and/or members of our partner organizations through our Partner Discount tuition discount, Oakland City University is able to help ease the burden of our working students, community volunteers and church members while at the same time allowing our partner organizations to give their members or employees an amazing benefit.

Classes begin in November and January. Oakland City University offers 100 percent online classes every five weeks for undergrad programs and every eight weeks for graduate programs. Log in anytime, anywhere.

If you are an employee or a member of one of our partner organizations and would like to learn more about our Online Adult and Professional Studies degree programs, please complete the request form and one of our representatives will contact you shortly.

If you represent an organization or business and would like to learn more about becoming one of our partners, please contact: (812) 213-7337 or at partner@oak.edu.


O’Neill School of Public Affairs

The O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI is a nationally ranked academic institution with a focus on governing, managing, and leading. The O’Neill School is offering State of Indiana employees a $1,000 scholarship for the first semester of the MPA or MSCJPS graduate programs. This is a one-time award that may be combined with other scholarships except for the O'Neill School Public and Environmental Affairs 50th Anniversary Alumni discount.

State employees who are also graduates of the Paul H. O'Neill School are eligible for the O'Neill 50th Anniversary Alumni tuition discount. For details, please visit https://oneill.indiana.edu/masters/landing/active/alumni

List of MA programs/Certificates that O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs offers:

Master of Public Affairs, MPA (39 Credit Hours)

  • Public Management
  • Policy Analysis
  • Urban and Regional Governance
  • Nonprofit Management
  • Innovation and Social Change
  • Environmental Policy and Sustainability
  • Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Master of Science in Criminal Justice and Public Safety MSCJPS (36 Credit Hours)

Graduate Certificates (15-18 credit hours):

  • Analytics in Public Affairs
  • Crime Analysis
  • Environmental Policy and Sustainability
  • Homeland Security and Emergency Management
  • Nonprofit Management
  • Policy Analysis
  • Innovation and Social Change
  • Public Finance
  • Public Management
  • Urban and Regional Governance

O’Neill Indianapolis has a “rolling admission” which means the applications are always open, however there are deadlines for various semesters. Listed below:

Priority deadlines:

March 1: Deadline for all applicants pursuing merit-based financial aid

Fall admission

  • March 1: Deadline for international applicants
  • May 15: Deadline for domestic applicants

Spring admission

  • September 15: Deadline for international applicants
  • November 15: Deadline for domestic applicants

Summer admission

  • March 15: Deadline for international and domestic applicants

Purdue University Global

A message from Purdue University Global:

This is innovation. This is extreme personalization. This is a world-class education that’s tailored to the unique needs of working adults. Now you can earn a degree from an accredited online university that is part of the respected Purdue University system. Our innovative approach to teaching a modern curriculum gives you the skills you need to make an immediate impact on your career—and the edge to conquer whatever comes next. Because this is education designed for you. This is Purdue Global.

Match your career path to a degree and choose from more than 175 online programs. Many state and federal careers are powered by the skills gained through a Purdue Global degree. Our online programs are designed to help you acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors to be successful in your current and future roles. Purdue Global cannot guarantee employment or career advancement.

Areas of study include:

  • Accounting, business and finance
  • Criminal justice
  • Fire science
  • Health sciences
  • Information technology and cybersecurity
  • Legal studies
  • Nursing
  • Public administration
  • Psychology
  • Social and behavioral sciences

State of Indiana employees and their families who reside in Indiana will receive the current, published in-state tuition rate as posted in the Purdue Global catalog and public website. Effective March 4, 2021, Purdue Global is extending 20 percent off published tuition rates for undergraduate and certificate programs and 14 percent off published tuition rates for graduate programs and certificates to the participant’s eligible individuals, including family members, who reside outside of the state of Indiana. This tuition reduction only applies to tuition for courses once eligible individuals are fully enrolled in a Purdue Global Program. This tuition reduction cannot be combined with any other reduction or special pricing.

Note: Purdue Global may change its tuition rates at any time in its sole discretion and the tuition reduction will be calculated on the current tuition in effect for the applicable academic term for the enrolled program. The offering, substitution, or cancellation of any program will be at Purdue Global sole discretion.


WGU Indiana

WGU is a non-profit, online university offering more than 60 bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in business, IT, healthcare, and K–12 education with programs built to be flexible and to fit the lives of busy working adults. WGU operates on a Competency-Based learning model, which measures skills and learning rather than time spent in class. With WGU’s affordable, flat-rate tuition model students pay a flat fee for 6 months of learning and can complete courses as quickly as they learn the material, offering an “all you can learn” opportunity.

Employees can learn more about WGU partner benefits at: WGU Educational Benefits

Full-time State of Indiana employees receive a 5% discount* and may be eligible to apply for scholarships. See all WGU scholarships >

*Must provide current pay stub from agency currently employed with for verification at time of enrollment. Discount available up to four terms.