GI Bill Information
LINKS
GI Bill Web Site
VA Form 22-1990 – Application (PDF)
Joe’s College Guide
OVERVIEW
For complete information visit the GI Bill Web Site
Montgomery GI Bill – Active Duty
The MGIB program provides up to 36 months of education benefits. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances. Generally, benefits are payable for 10 years following your release from active duty. This program is also commonly known as Chapter 30. More
Montgomery GI Bill – Selected Reserve
The MGIB-SR program may be available to you if you are a member of the Selected Reserve. The Selected Reserve includes the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve, and the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances. More
Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP)
REAP was established as a part of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. It is a new Department of Defense education benefit program designed to provide educational assistance to members of the Reserve components called or ordered to active duty in response to a war or national emergency (contingency operation) as declared by the President or Congress. This new program makes certain reservists who were activated for at least 90 days after September 11, 2001 either eligible for education benefits or eligible for increased benefits. More
Veterans Educational Assistance Program (VEAP)
VEAP is available if you first entered active duty between January 1, 1977 and June 30, 1985 and you elected to make contributions from your military pay to participate in this education benefit program. Your contributions are matched on a $2 for $1 basis by the Government. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances. More
Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program (DEA)
DEA provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition, or who died while on active duty or as a result of a service related condition. The program offers up to 45 months of education benefits. These benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, apprenticeship, and on-the-job training. If you are a spouse, you may take a correspondence course. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances. More
National Call to Service
This National Call to Service Incentive program requires a participant to perform a period of national service to be eligible for benefits. It is a Department of Defense program that is administered by VA.
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Tuition Assistance “Top-Up”
On October 30, 2000, the President signed into law an amendment to the Montgomery GI Bill – Active Duty education program that permits VA to pay a Tuition Assistance Top- up benefit. The amount of the benefit can be equal to the difference between the total cost of a college course and the amount of Tuition Assistance that is paid by the military for the course. More
For complete information visit the GI Bill Web Site
GI Bill
Education Benefits Through the Montgomery GI Bill
Full-time students with GI Bill benefits can get over $37,000 in tuition after a three-year commitment on full-time duty. For your contribution of $100 a month for a year you will receive $1,034 a month for three years.
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University of Phoenix
Assistance for Eligible US Military
20% tuition discount for undergraduate and graduate programs for those eligible
Up to 21 credit hours for military training
No-charge CLEP/DANTES exams for up to 30 undergraduate credits
AIU Online
Assistance for Eligible US Military
AIU Online is approved for all VA lending programs
Possible degree credits from military training and experience
Military transcripts used to help develop specific degree programs
Jacksonville University
Assistance for Eligible US Military
Benefits for Military Nurses
Access classroom 24/7 regardless of time zone
Study domestically or abroad
Course materials shipped to you
Tuition discounts for prerequisite classes
30 credits FREE with active U.S. RN license
Prereqs with lab component are online such as chemistry & microbiology
