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We have been inspiring artistic and academic excellence for more than 100 years201-500 Employees
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Culture and benefits at Cornish College of the Arts

Culture overview

Cornish is an equal opportunity employer intent on enriching the diversity of its faculty, staff, and students.
Remote policy

Locations

Seattle

Remote policy

In office
Perks and benefits

Fully covered employee premiums

Cornish offers a strongly competitive benefits package, including fully covered employee premiums for all of your medical, dental, life insurance equal to your annual salary, AD&D, and long-term disability.

403(b) plan with employer contribution

Cornish offers a403(b) retirement plan in which you are eligible to participate as of your first day of employment. Cornish also offers an employer contribution to eligible employees after 1 year of service and meeting minimum requirements.

Very generous pto policy

Cornish has a generous Paid Time Off policy for all regular full-time and part-time non-academic year staff working at least 20 hours per week. Annual leave may be used for vacation time or sick leave.

Closed between 12/25 - 1/1

Cornish’s campus is closed Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day, and is paid for benefit’s eligible staff. These paid days are not deducted from your PTO balance.

Company holidays + floating holidays

All regular full and part-time staff receive 11 paid holidays, plus floating holidays.

Highly subsidized orca business passport program

Cornish participates in the ORCA Business Passport Program, which offers unlimited public transit on most transportation networks. This voluntary benefit is paid for by pre-tax wage deduction at a low cost and is available to all employees.

Employee tuition discount program

Regular FT staff may take up to 2 classes per semester (max of 6 credits), regular PT (20 hrs/wk+), and academic-year staff (those working 9 months of the year) may take 1 class free of tuition (max of 3 credits) when space is available.

Tuition exchange program

Cornish participates in the Tuition Exchange Program, which is a reciprocal scholarship program for dependent children of faculty and staff employed at over 600 participating institutions.

Tuition discount for employees' dependents

Cornish offers tuition discounts for employees’ dependent children under age 25 who are unmarried and are claimed or eligible to be claimed on the employee’s IRS form 1040 (IRS dependency rules).