Earn guaranteed scholarships - up to one full year's tuition - at more than 430 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
NEW! Wooster recognizes the academic effort and thoughtful college planning of SAGE Scholars students with the SAGE Scholar Award. Valued at $2,000 annually, the SAGE Scholar Award is in addition to the Tuition Rewards guarantee provided by Wooster. There is no separate application for scholarship consideration. Eligible students must submit their Tuition Rewards Statement to Wooster prior to an official offer of admission (in accordance to SAGE Scholars policy).
Fast Facts:
2,000 students from 45 states and 60 countries; 38% from Ohio
22% U.S. students of color
16% International
11:1 Student-to-professor ratio with an average class size of 18
Average financial aid package for students who submitted the FAFSA in 2019-20: over $46,000
Over 120 student-led organizations with 1/3 involved in music, 1/3 involved in varsity athletics and 1/4 participating in theater & dance
The City of Wooster, population of 27,000, is one hour from Cleveland and 1.5 hours from Columbus. Drive Times...Chicago: 6 hrs. Cincinnati: 3 1/2 hrs. New York City: 8 hrs. Pittsburgh: 2 1/2 hrs. Washington, D.C.: 6 1/2 hrs
Every year since 2002 U.S. News & World Report has asked college presidents and deans to name schools with outstanding undergraduate research opportunities and senior capstone programs, only two schools have made both lists every year: Wooster and Princeton.
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 450 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
Presbyterian College Joins SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards
posted October 26, 2021
South Carolina's Presbyterian College, embracing the future while rooted in the traditional church-based values of pluralism, hospitality, service, justice, and grace, has become the 40th college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA to join the SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards program.
Located on a 240-acre campus in Clinton, SC, PC recently announced the purchase of the nearby Capitol Theatre. A renovation is underway to...
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Bethel College (Kansas) Joins SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards
posted October 18, 2021
Bethel College, where the study of peace, justice and conflict management is a part of every student's experience, has become the 11th Kansas private college to join the SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards program.
The nation's oldest Mennonite-affiliated college, Bethel (founded 1887) created a major in "Peace Studies" in 1972 and launched the Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution in 1985. Committed to truth, justice and...
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MidAmerica Nazarene University Joins SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards
posted October 12, 2021
MidAmerica Nazarene University opened its doors with five buildings and 263 students on a former Kansas cornfield in 1968. Now a thriving campus with 21 colonial-style buildings, an enrollment of 1,870 students, and nearly 30,000 alumni, MNU has joined the SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards program. Seven of the nation's eight colleges affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene now participate in the SAGE Consortium, which is limited to private...
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Kalamazoo College Joins Tuition Rewards
posted October 4, 2021
Kalamazoo College, which ranks in the top 2% of all U.S. colleges and universities for the proportion of graduates who go on to earn a research doctorate degree, according to the National Science Foundation, has become the 17th Michigan private college to join the SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards program.
According to the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2022 College Rankings, K is the top-ranked private college in Michigan -...
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