When you invest in a Chamber membership you save with exclusive discounts! These discounts are significant enough to reduce or even eliminate the cost of membership! The Frederick County Chamber of Commerce is proud to offer the following opportunities through our partnerships with Hood College and Mount St. Mary’s University, Frederick Campus.

To take advantage of these opportunities, organizations must be a member in good standing with the Chamber. To check on your membership status please log into the member portal or email info@frederickchamber.org. These benefits apply to all full-time employees of a member business. 

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Hood College Tuition Reduction
-For members, their employees, spouses and children-

The NeighborHOOD program Partners Program with the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce provides the following benefits to full-time employees of partner organizations and their dependents*:

• Tuition discount for graduate and undergraduate credits.
• Annual tuition discount of up to $15,000 for undergraduate and up to $1,000 for graduate students. For graduate students, this means up to $500 tuition discount available in the fall, and up to $500 tuition discount available in the spring.
• Students must be enrolled for both fall and spring semesters. Undergraduates must be full-time.
• Undergraduate students who also qualify for academic merit scholarships will receive the larger of the awards (merit scholarship or NeighborHOOD Partners discount) but not both.
• The graduate discount is not available for the doctoral program.
• The discount is not stackable with any other institutional scholarships or awards. It may be received in combination with need-based financial aid.
• For students with employer-funded educational benefits, the discount is "last dollar in" with the total received not to exceed the tuition charged.
• Employee eligibility must be verified by the partner's HR office each semester the student is enrolled.
• Please note: Additional fees (i.e. semester comprehensive fees) are not included in the Neighborhood program.

* Available to employees once they have exceeded their employer's annual education benefits. For purpose of this partnership, a dependent child is one who will be claimed by the employee as an income tax exemption in each of the years in the partnership.

Hood College Authorization Form
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This form must be filled out by organization verifying employment status and then submitted to editor@frederickchamber.org for verification and submission to Hood College representatives. Prospective student must already have an application submitted to Hood College for consideration.

Mount St. Mary's University Tuition Reduction
- For members and their employees - 

Advance your career through the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce's partnership with Mount St. Mary’s University! Frederick County Chamber of Commerce members in good standing are eligible to receive a 20% tuition reduction for programs at the Frederick campus.

These include undergraduate programs in accounting, business administration, elementary and special education, criminal justice and human services; master’s degrees in biotechnology and management, business administration, health administration, sports management, teaching, education in reading, education in technology facilitation and education in instructional leadership; and graduate certificates in data science, risk management and cybersecurity for professionals, quality assurance and regulatory science, project management, organizational development, government contracting, forensic accounting and fraud investigation, logistics and supply chain management and education certificates in advanced study in reading, instructional leadership and technology facilitation.

For more information about MSMU’s programs in Frederick, contact Valerie Pearson, Associate Director of Transfer Recruitment for Adult Programs for the Frederick Campus at 301-682-5120 or v.e.pearson@msmary.edu

Mount Tuition Reduction Information
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