Attract talent. Retain talent.
Motivate talent.
The SAGE Scholars Employer Direct program helps you stand out as an employer of choice — offering guaranteed college scholarships as a meaningful, cost-effective benefit that employees and their families will never forget.
Simple to offer, powerful for your team
SAGE Scholars handles the complexity. Your role is simply to enroll eligible employees — we do the tracking, reporting, and support.
Enroll Your Employees
Employees register in under a minute, or provide a simple census file and SAGE Scholars handles the rest. We’ll even supply the employee handouts. Points never expire once earned.
Points Accrue Automatically
Each employee receives 2,000 Tuition Rewards Points annually — with a one-time 2,500 point bonus after year four. Every point equals $1.00 in guaranteed minimum tuition reduction at 440+ private colleges.
Families & Students Redeem
Employees can sponsor their children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and extended family. When a student applies to a member college, their Tuition Rewards statement becomes a guaranteed minimum scholarship.
You Pay Only a Small Annual Fee
Employers pay only a modest annual program fee — not the cost of the scholarships. SAGE Scholars handles all operations, reporting, and employee support. Zero investment liability.
More than just a scholarship program
When you offer Tuition Rewards, you’re giving employees access to an entire ecosystem of college planning tools and benefits — at no additional cost to your organization.
Over 25 years, families in our program have secured over $800 million in guaranteed minimum tuition discounts. That’s a benefit employees remember — and tell their families about.
A benefit employees and families remember
From HR leaders who’ve seen the retention impact to employees whose families found private college within reach — this is why employers offer Tuition Rewards.
We have been extremely satisfied with the SAGE Scholars Tuition Rewards program. Its user-friendly interface makes it simple for our employees to take advantage of this valuable benefit, helping them and their families plan for a brighter future.
What a terrific perk from my employer! The ability to earn future discounts on my kids’ college tuition makes the prospects of funding their education that much easier. Every dollar counts, and the diversity of schools that have partnered with this program is really impressive.
I was introduced to this program when I started my new job and signed up for benefits. I could not believe that this program was available to me! I immediately signed my daughter up — this is a fabulous program!
I earn points from my 529 plan and also my employer benefits, which works out perfectly. I was able to obtain lots of points quickly. I’m impressed by how many colleges are in the program — thank you for helping make finding an affordable college easy!
I am in absolute awe that a company would offer such a great benefit to help our youth further their education. There are a lot of great colleges participating — our daughter has reviewed them, and we are forming a list of schools to tour to find the best fit.
Your employees are already worried about college costs. Tuition Rewards gives them a reason to stay — and gives you an edge no competitor benefit can match.
Contact Us →Ready to offer Tuition Rewards to your employees?
Tell us about your organization and a SAGE Scholars partner specialist will be in touch within one business day to walk you through the program and answer your questions.
- ✓ Small annual fee — you never pay the cost of scholarships
- ✓ Employees register in under a minute
- ✓ SAGE Scholars handles all operations and support
- ✓ Points never expire once earned
- ✓ Covers children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews & extended family
- ✓ Includes FastTrak, SAGE Prime, SAGE Secure & more
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