The Earn and Learn program is a tuition assistance package offered by UPS. With this program, UPS part time package handlers and other employees can pay for their college expenses.
It is available in more than 100 locations in the US and can be used to pay for tuition, books and fees.
Earn and Learn is a reimbursement program, which means that you pay for your tuition fees upfront and submit your passing grade at the end of the semester. They will then send you a check or direct deposit to cover the cost.
Reimbursement is up to $5,250 per calendar year with a maximum lifetime benefit of $25,000.
Many of the approved colleges also offer distance learning as a feature to help those who have busy schedules accomplish their academic goals.
The program is offered through EDCOR, a company that provides educational benefit outsourcing services.
The Earn and Learn program is applicable to different kinds of educational institutions such as colleges, trade schools and CDL schools.
Some of these institutions are listed below.
The Amazon Career Choice program is a prepaid education assistance program which means that unlike UPS, employees don’t have to foot the bill in advance.
It takes 90 days of employment for Amazon associates to be eligible for this program.
Through the Career Choice program, Amazon fulfillment center employees can get their tuition, books and fees fully paid up to $5,250 per calendar year.
Also unlike UPS, there’s no lifetime maximum for this program.
Through the Live Better U (LBU) tuition assistance program, Walmart pays 100% of tuition fees and book costs for their distribution center and retail associates.
Unlike UPS, Walmart mostly funds business-aligned programs (e.g., Business, IT or Supply Chain) offered by schools that are in the Guild Education network.
The LBU program also applies to Sam’s Club, which is owned and operated by Walmart.
Associates are eligible for the program from the first day of employment.
Target has a tuition assistance program that pays for all of the tuition, books and fees for select Bachelor degrees, certificates and bootcamps.
The caveat is that these programs must be business aligned and in schools that are covered by Guild Education.
All part-time and fulltime frontline employees who include warehouse and distribution center staff, can apply for this program.
Like UPS, Target employees are eligible for this benefit from the day they are hired.
