Education Benefits

Employee Tuition Assistance

Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS) has launched a new education benefits program for employees called myTuition. The updated program makes it easier to access tuition reimbursement and expanded resources to support your career development — all in one place.

You can use myTuition to:

• Apply for up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement each year for most programs.
• Access a learning marketplace with more than 300 curated certificate and degree programs that are aligned with JHHS-specific skills and positions.
• Connect with career coaches and support specialists.

Advance direct payment for learning marketplace programs will lower your out-of-pocket costs.

Visit jhhs.guildeducation.com to create an account and browse the learning marketplace. View FAQs for more information about the new program.

If you applied or will apply for employee tuition reimbursement between July 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, you’ll receive your hospital or member organization’s current reimbursement limit for any current course of study through Aug. 31, 2027. For additional degrees or programs beyond Aug 31, 2027, your reimbursement limit will be at the new harmonized $5,250 per calendar-year benefit amount unless you enroll in one of the other programs that are fully funded through Johns Hopkins or have a higher benefit amount. All programs will be listed on the myTuition portal in December.

Dependent Child Tuition Assistance

If you’re an active full-time employee (scheduled to work 36 hours or more per week) with two years of continuous full-time service, your dependent children can receive tuition assistance if your dependent is:

• 25 years of age or younger at the beginning of the academic period for which assistance is being requested,
• Enrolled in an undergraduate program at an accredited college or university and
• In good academic standing

If eligible, you receive a taxable payment for 50% of the tuition and eligible mandatory academic fees up to a maximum of 50% of $20,000, or $10,000 for each eligible dependent per fiscal year (July 1 through June 30). Payment is limited to four academic years of full-time undergraduate study per dependent child at an accredited, degree-granting institution. Assistance combined with grants, scholarships, awards, employer benefits, etc. (excluding loans) may not exceed 100% of the tuition and eligible mandatory fees.

The following expenses are not eligible for reimbursement

• Tuition expenses at accredited institutions that do not offer degrees, but instead issue diplomas or certificates
• Room and board
• Books
• Part-time and graduate study

Assistance is available for mini-sessions and summer courses only if:

• The courses will count toward a degree
• The dependent child is a full-time student who participated in the Dependent Tuition Assistance Program for a previous fall or spring semester
• The student has not received the maximum benefit allowance for the fiscal year

There are a couple of scholarship opportunities available:

• Nursing Scholarship: If selected, you’ll receive up to $3,000 per year or $6,000 for an approved, accelerated nursing program.
• Hoerichs Nursing Scholarship Fund: If selected, you or your children can complete two clinical years of the nursing education program at Howard Community College.

For more information about either scholarship, call HCGH’s Nursing Administration Office at 410-740-7794 or the Howard Hospital Foundation at 410-740-7840.

To apply for dependent child tuition assistance:

1. Sign into Ebix and select Dependent Child Tuition.
2. View or edit an existing dependent or add a request for a new dependent.
3. Complete the application instructions and select Save and Submit for Approval.

If you see Incomplete after you submit, your application won’t be processed. Repeat the steps to ensure everything was completed.