Can I claim the fees paid (read - tuition) to an internship provider as education expenses?

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December 16, 2021
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I am enrolled in an unpaid dietetic internship program. As an intern you pay the program a tuition of about $10,000. There is no payment issued to the student. Would I be able to consider the $10,000 tuition for the program education expenses?

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Depends on whether you are taking courses from an eligible education institution in which case you can get Lifetime Learning Credit if otherwise qualified.

From the IRS:

Eligible educational institution. An eligible educational institution is any college, university, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution eligible to par- ticipate in a student aid program administered by the U.S. Department of Education. It includes virtually all accredi- ted public, nonprofit, and proprietary (privately owned profit-making) postsecondary institutions.
The educational institution should be able to tell you if it is an eligible educational institution.