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Take your next big education step

As a USPS employee, you may be eligible for additional savings opportunities through your employer.

Take your next big education step

USPS may help pay for your continuing education, and you may qualify for additional savings. See what education benefits USPS offers.

Your education benefits

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Every 6th course is free when you complete 5 courses.

To get your free course, you must start the 6th within 365 days of posting attendance in your first course.

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 Waived resource fees for two courses each year

Resource fees include electronic textbooks and other expenses related to your courses. As a part of your education benefits, you get two resource fees waived per calendar year.

*For full eligibility requirements, please see our Terms and Conditions.

upcoming webinar

Plan to enhance your career

We’ll share information that helps you put your tuition benefits to work so you can plan the next steps of your educational and career journeys.

Topic: Employee Development Series

Date and time: See registration for specific date and times

Location: Online event

Hosted by: Katharine Perez, University of Phoenix

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Education aligned with real-world careers

Education should hold practical value. That’s why we offer more than 100 online programs aligned to 300+ real-world careers, over 90% of our programs are in growing fields, such as healthcare, IT and business.

University of Phoenix offers:

  • 70+ degree programs
  • Industry-relevant certificate programs
  • Professional development courses

upcoming webinar

Plan to enhance your career

We’ll share information that helps you put your tuition benefits to work so you can plan the next steps of your educational and career journeys.

Topic: Employee Development Series

Date and time: See registration for specific date and times

Location: Online event

Hosted by: Katharine Perez, University of Phoenix

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Earn college credit for work and life experience

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is designed to help you save money and graduate faster. Have your on-the-job training, workplace certifications and experiences evaluated for potential college credit at no cost.

Frequently asked questions

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Yes, University of Phoenix has been continually accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), hlcommission.org and its predecessor, since 1978.

Accreditation

Once you’ve chosen your degree program, you will complete a financial plan that will estimate your costs and explore potential ways to pay for it. We can walk you step-by-step through the process. 

Tuition and Fees

Speak with an enrollment representative or your employer human resources department for more information about your employer education benefits. Identify your employer on your application and let your advisor know who you are employed with. Finally, identify your employer in the University’s Student Portal financial plan before starting courses.

Yes. Our programs are designed specifically for working adults. With online courses, you can attend course online whenever it fits your life, day or night. You’ll also get support by phone, chat or email, available up to 20 hours a day, 5 days a week. And you can start your degree year-round, not just once a semester.

Attending online course is easy because the classroom is always on 24/7/365. All you need is a reliable Internet connection. You simply log in to your virtual classroom to complete assignments, access course materials and resources, and interact with faculty and classmates. Class participation is graded based upon your contributions to online discussions. This is a great solution for students who might have a difficult time commuting and for those who learn better independently.

How it Works

Applying is easy. Start your application and identify your employer when asked. Or, speak with an enrollment representative and let them know who your employer is. Finally, identify your employer in the University’s Student Portal financial plan before starting courses.

*Terms and Conditions

There must be an agreement in place between the University and United States Postal Service (“Agreement”) for the following benefits to apply.

Eligibility

To be eligible, employees must (i) be and remain employed with United States Postal Service; and (ii) must maintain attendance with the University defined as not taking a break longer than 365 days (hereinafter “Participating Employees”).

The Benefits will apply to Participating Employees who are receiving the standard University tuition rate and cannot be combined with any University offer or promotion and excludes the MBA-CB program and other competency-based programs that the University may offer and any other specific program exclusions set forth in the Academic Catalog. For clarification, nothing contained herein is intended to prohibit Participating Employees to enroll in these programs or use of any Client tuition assistance toward the excluded items listed above.

Participating Employees are subject to the University’s admission and academic policies and procedures.

Tuition Benefits

The University will waive the tuition of every sixth (6th) course for Participating Employees who meet the following criteria: 

  •  Enroll or be enrolled into a University degree program, certificate program, or credit bearing course after the Agreement is executed;
  •  Identify as an employee of United States Postal Service with the University in the University’s student portal or other method provided by the University; 
  •  Maintain employment with United States Postal Service;
  •  Successfully start and complete five (5) courses as defined in the Academic Catalog after the effective date of the Agreement; and
  •  Enroll and post attendance (as defined in the University Academic Catalog) in the sixth (6th) course within a 365-day period from the first date of attendance in the Participating Employee’s first course after the effective date of the Agreement.

Once a Participating Employee receives the 6th course tuition waiver, the 365-day period will start again from the Participating Employee’s first date of attendance in the next course. 

If the Participating Employee does not achieve the 6th course tuition waiver within the initial 365-day period, the 365- day period will commence again from the Participating Employee’s first date of attendance in the first course after the initial 365-day period expired. 

The tuition waiver applies only to the 6th course regardless if the Participating Employee completes the course.

If Participating Employee is enrolled in a University bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral program prior to the effective date of the Agreement, the benefits set forth herein will apply after the effective date of the Agreement, upon self-identification by the student to the University and upon enrollment in the next course and will not be applied retroactively. Courses taken prior to the effective date of the Agreement will not apply towards the benefits.

Please note: For students using VA benefits, certification of a course solely for monthly housing allowance will use a month of benefit entitlement.

Resource Fees (electronic course material fees and books)

The University will waive the first two (2) resource fees each calendar year (defined as January 1st through December 31st) for Participating Employees until program completion so long as the Agreement is in place and the Participating Employee does not take a break in attendance for more than 365 days.

Term and Termination

If the Agreement between the University of Phoenix and United States Postal Service is terminated the benefits set forth above will immediately cease and will no longer be available to Participating Employees. Participating Employees enrolled in the University as of the termination date will be responsible for payment of all fees and tuition costs (at the then current tuition rate) for their next course and the remainder of their degree program in accordance with University financial policies and procedures.