Earn guaranteed scholarships - up to one full year's tuition - at more than 400 participating private colleges and universities through the SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards® Program.
Each Tuition Reward point is equal to a $1.00 guaranteed minimum discount off of tuition at any of our member colleges. The maximum scholarship varies by college, but currently is over $50,000!
Get started today! Enroll all of the children in your immediate and extended family and begin earning your Tuition Rewards!
Featured College
Together, the College of Saint Benedict (CSB), for women, and Saint John's University (SJU), for men, form a one-of-a-kind partnership of two top colleges – combining the abundant opportunities of a larger university with the small class sizes and personal attention of an exceptional liberal arts college. The 3,500 undergraduate students attend classes and participate in activities together. Students from both colleges share academic, athletic and dining facilities on both campuses.
The two campuses are set on 3,300 beautiful acres of central Minnesota woods, lakes and prairies – just west of Saint Cloud (150,000 area population) and an hour from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The campuses include 22 miles of hiking and skiing trails, a private beach, and an arboretum.
The colleges offer a deeply engaging, highly residential, educational experience. Nearly all students are full-time, undergraduate and traditional age. With an average class size of 19 and a student/faculty ratio of 12:1, classrooms are challenging and interactive.
Through our global focus, two-thirds of CSB/SJU students study abroad – ranking the colleges among the very top of undergraduate colleges for the number of students completing semester-long international study. CSB/SJU offer 18 semester-long programs on six continents and short-term programs around the world.
CSB/SJU are Catholic Benedictine colleges, founded and enriched by Saint Benedict's Monastery and Saint John’s Abbey. The CSB/SJU experience affirms the harmony of faith and reason, honors the full dignity of each person, and seeks to promote justice and the common good. Students of all faiths are welcome.
For Families
Tuition Reward Points accrue like frequent flyer miles and are typically earned through an affiliated financial institution, health insurance, or employer. These include 529 plans, banks, brokerage firms, companies, credit unions, mutual funds, non-profits and diverse financial service companies involved in life insurance, health insurance or retirement plans. Your Tuition Rewards Points represent guaranteed minimum discounts off the "list price" of tuition at many of America's best private colleges.
For Colleges
The SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards Consortium is a unique private college enrollment marketing tool to fill a "traditional" freshman class. Our member colleges & universities are able to identify prospective students from families who are actively saving and planning for higher education or work for a company that provides good benefits... and who have indicated interest in attending a private college. SAGE Students tend to be well qualified - both academically and financially.
For Employers
Employees of companies which offer voluntary benefits through select national insurers, or who partner directly with SAGE can earn guaranteed college scholarships for use at over almost 425 private colleges and universities across the United States, for their children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews, based on their 401(k), 403(b), profit-sharing or other company sponsored retirement savings plan. Tuition Rewards is available nationwide through over 135,000 participating employers. What could be better than helping to make the ever-escalating cost of college more affordable for your employees? Tuition Rewards should help give your company an edge in workplace satisfaction - and in attracting and retaining talent.
For Financial Institutions
SAGE's Tuition Rewards program is a college savings and investment plan like no other. We've expanded our program so that families can now earn Tuition Rewards on 529 saving plans, CDs, mutual funds, 401(k)s, IRAs, supplemental retirement accounts, annuities, insurance products (with cash value), reverse mortgages, brokerage accounts, certain income-replacement health insurance products, and even home equity lines of credit.
"The program helps differentiate Harleysville Savings Bank in an industry with commoditized products, and it gives customers reason to stay with the bank."
Tuition Rewards News
Wheaton College Joins Tuition Rewards
posted November 5, 2020
Wheaton College, ranked as the nation's #1 Christian college, according to EdSmart, has become the 25th private college in Illinois to join the SAGE Tuition Rewards consortium. Ed Smart's rankings are based on academics; retention rate; average net cost; and, average salary 10 years after graduation. 80% of new freshman at Wheaton graduate in four years, 88% within five years and 89% within six years.
Located 25 miles west of Chicago,...
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Illinois College Joins SAGE Tuition Rewards
posted October 27, 2020
Illinois College, which welcomed a record 419 new students to campus this fall despite the challenges of the pandemic, has joined the SAGE Tuition Rewards program. IC now boasts an enrollment of 1,150 students, the largest ever and a 33% increase since 2010.
Founded in 1829, Illinois College is thriving through expanded academic programs, including new nursing and agribusiness majors; expanded opportunities for internships, hands-on...
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Villa Maria College Joins SAGE Tuition Rewards
posted October 20, 2020
Villa Maria College, where learning real-world skills is so considered vital that off-campus internships are a graduation requirement, has joined SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards. The Villa curriculum gives students the ability to test the waters of their chosen field in a real-life work setting after a process where student talents are evaluated and then matched with The College's network of partners.
Villa's unusual 9:1...
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Loyola University New Orleans Joins SAGE Tuition Rewards
posted October 19, 2020
Loyola University New Orleans, the 7th "most inclusive" university in the nation, according to The Princeton Review, has joined the SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards private college consortium. LOYNO received five national "Top 20" rankings in The Princeton Review's The Best 386 Colleges 2021, with The Maroon selected as the 9th best U.S. student newspaper.
Loyola's extraordinarily diverse, national student body is attracted to New Orleans...
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