How can I pay for school?

Explore how your local community hospital can help provide you with financial aid for your education.

Many of the hospitals in the St. Louis metropolitan area offer financial assistance for health care careers. As a full-time or part-time hospital employee, you may be eligible for tuition reimbursement. Some hospitals offer scholarships for students — this may be for a specific program, such as nursing, or to attend a specific school. These programs may require a commitment to work at the hospital for one-to-two years upon graduation. Additional benefits may include paying for licensure testing, prep courses and certification.

For more information, contact the following hospitals.

Hospitals	Scholarship Program¹	Student Scholarship/ Loan Forgiveness with Work Commitment	Employee Scholarships/ Tuition Reimbursement²
BJC HealthCare - Alton Memorial Hospital - Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Barnes-Jewish West County - Christian Hospital - Missouri Baptist Medical Center - St. Louis Children’s Hospital	X	X	X
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital	X		X
CenterPointe Hospital			X
Forest Park Hospital St. Alexius Hospital - Broadway Campus St. Alexius Hospital - Jefferson Campus		X	X
Jefferson Memorial Hospital		X	X
Kindred Hospital St. Louis Kindred Hospital St. Louis - St. Anthony’s		X	X
Memorial Hospital — Belleville, Ill.	X	X	X
SSM Healthcare - SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center - SSM DePaul Health Center - SSM Rehab - SSM St. Joseph Health Center - SSM St. Joseph Heath Center - Wentzville - SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood - SSM St. Joseph Hospital West - SSM St. Mary’s Health Center	X	X	X
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation - Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital - Touchette Regional Hospital			X
Shriners Hospitals for Children	X		X
Saint Anthony’s Health Center — Alton, Ill.	X		X
St. Anthony’s Medical Center	X	X	X
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital — Belleville, Ill.	X	X	X
St. John’s Mercy Medical Center St. John’s Mercy Hospital — Washington, Mo.	X	X	X
St. Luke’s Hospital		X	X
Tenet Healthcare Corporation - Des Peres Hospital - Saint Louis University Hospital		X	X
The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis	X	X	X
Veterans Affairs Medical Center		X	X

¹Scholarship Program — Hospitals in this column award scholarships to individuals interested in pursuing health care careers. Some of these hospitals may have a specific school or degree criteria. This column includes hospitals that offer scholarships that do not require work commitments. Anyone may apply for these scholarships. To learn if a hospital offers scholarships specifically for children of employees, contact the individual hospital.

²Employee Scholarships/Tuition Reimbursement — These hospitals pay for employees’ courses. Some hospitals require participants to be employed a specific length of time to be eligible. Some require participants to continue employment for a minimum length of time. These hospitals offer employee scholarships/tuition reimbursement for both full- and part-time employees.