Tuition Waiver

The Tuition Waiver Application Portal Is Live!

The Office of Human Resources is excited to announce that the tuition waiver application portal is now live and available to the Morgan Community. The Morgan State Office of Human Resources and Division of Information Technology collaborated with the University System of Maryland to provide access for Morgan faculty and staff to utilize the web-based tuition waiver application portal.

Click here for the Tuition Waiver Application Portal

Tuition Waiver Overview

Full-time regular faculty, staff, and retirees enrolled at a University System of Maryland or reciprocal institution (St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Morgan State University, and Baltimore City Community College) are eligible for tuition waiver benefits of eight (8) credit hours per semester. Tuition waiver benefits with no credit limit for their legally married spouse or eligible dependent child(ren) are available after two years of regular full-time employment within the USM. Part-time regular faculty, staff, and retirees may receive a tuition waiver.

Full-time contractual employees are eligible for a tuition waiver for courses taken at Morgan only, proportional to their percentage of service up to eight (8) credit hours. There is no spouse/dependent tuition waiver benefit for full-time contractual employees.

Tuition Waiver is a waiver of only tuition for credit courses; all non-tuition expenses, such as fees and books, are the responsibility of the student.

Normally, no adjustment in regular working hours will be permitted. In exceptional instances, however, a supervisor may arrange such an adjustment. 

Eligibility & Restrictions

Full-Time Regular Employees, subject to certain restrictions, may have up to eight (8) credits per semester of tuition waived at any institution in the System or reciprocal institution and receive tuition waiver with no credit limit for spouses and dependent children after two years of service.

Dependent Children of Regular Employees hired after 8/7/12, subject to certain age and other restrictions, may receive tuition waiver at the undergraduate level and register for courses at any of the University System of Maryland institutions.

Spouses of Regular Full-time Employees hired after 8/7/12 may receive tuition waiver at the undergraduate level from Morgan State only.

Part-Time Regular Employees working 50% or more and subject to certain restrictions may receive tuition waiver for credits proportional to percentage of service (full-time equivalent status), up to eight (8) credits, at any institution in the System.

Part-time contractual employees are not eligible for tuition waiver. 

Read the full MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY POLICY ON TUITION WAIVER