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In recognition of your service and sacrifice, Everest provides many ways for you and your eligible family members to pay for your post-secondary education. Following are the private and federal programs in which we participate in military assistance programs.
Tuition Assistance is a military benefit that pays up to 100 percent of tuition and fees, not to exceed $250 per semester credit hour, $186 per quarter credit hour or $4,500 for the entire fiscal year. (Note: The Navy has an annual limit of 16 credit hours.)For more information on Tuition Assistance, go here.
This is an annual benefit designed to supplement other tuition assistance programs. The benefit amount is limited to what a person would receive for the same course if regular Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) benefits were being paid. For more information on the Tuition Assistance “Top-up” program, go here.
The Post-9/11 GI Bill program provides up to 36 months of education benefits. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, including technical or vocational training, as well as flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Some limitations apply to those on active duty. Generally, benefits are tiered based on the number of days on active duty and can be transferred to a spouse or family member. Go here for more information.
Effective August 1, 2011 the Post-9/11 GI Bill will pay:
Your tuition and fees may exceed these amounts if you are attending a private school or are attending a public school as a nonresident student. Institutions of Higher Learning (Degree Granting Institutions) may elect to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program to make additional funds available for your education program without an additional charge to your GI Bill entitlement. Institutions that voluntarily enter into a Yellow Ribbon Agreement with VA choose the amount of tuition and fees that will be contributed. VA will match that amount and issue payment directly to the institution.
The Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program) is a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This program allows institutions of higher learning (degree granting institutions) in the United States to voluntarily enter into an agreement with VA to fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate. The institution can contribute up to 50 percent of those expenses and VA will match the same amount as the institution. Go here for more information.
These programs provide up to 36 months of education benefits. As above, benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, including technical or vocational training, as well as flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. The bill provides for up to $1,368 per month for a full-time institutional education. Benefits end 10 years from the date of your last discharge or release from active duty. Go here for more information.
Tuition Assistance is a military benefit that pays up to 100 percent of tuition and fees, not to exceed $250 per semester credit hour, $166 per quarter credit hour or $4,500 for the entire fiscal year. In addition, guardsmen may qualify for State Tuition Assistance. For more information on Tuition Assistance, go here.
These programs provide up to 36 months of education benefits. Benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, including technical or vocational training, as well as flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Benefits include up to $329 per month for a full-time institutional education. Go here for more information.
These programs provide up to 36 months of education benefits. As above, benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, including technical or vocational training, as well as flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Benefits include up to $1,321 per month for a full-time institutional education. Benefits end 10 years from the date of your last discharge or release from active duty. Go here for more information.
The Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP) 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. REAP covers 40, 50 or 80 percent of the GI Bill for active duty benefits depending on the amount of time a service member is activated. Go here for more information.
This program provides up to 36 months of education benefits. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, including technical or vocational training, as well as flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Benefits include paid tuition and fees, living (housing) stipend and book stipend. Benefits are tiered based on the number of days you spent on active duty, and can be transferred to a spouse or family member. Some limitations apply to those currently on active duty. Go here for more information.
The Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program) is a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This program allows institutions of higher learning (degree granting institutions) in the United States to voluntarily enter into an agreement with VA to fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate. The institution can contribute up to 50 percent of those expenses and VA will match the same amount as the institution. Go here for more information.
These programs provide up to 36 months of education benefits. As above, benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, including technical or vocational training, as well as flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. The bill provides for up to $1,368 per month for a full-time institutional education and ends 10 years from the date of your last discharge or release from active duty. Go here for more information.
These programs provide up to 36 months of education benefits. Benefits may be used for degree and certificate programs, including technical or vocational training, as well as flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Benefits include up to $329 per month for a full-time institutional education. Go here for more information.
The Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP) 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. REAP covers 40, 50 or 80 percent of the GI Bill for active duty benefits depending on the amount of time a service member is activated. Go here for more information.
This assistance program is available to veterans who have been declared disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs due to service-related injury. Go here for more information.
This program is available to those who entered the military after January 1, 1977, contributed to the program, and did not contract with the armed forces under a delayed entry program. Go here for more information.
This program provides up to 36 months of education benefits. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, including technical or vocational training, as well as flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Benefits include paid tuition and fees, living (housing) stipend and book stipend. Benefits are tiered based on the number of days you spent on active duty, and can be transferred to a spouse or family member. Some limitations apply to those currently on active duty. Under certain provisions, military personnel can transfer their GI Bill benefits to their spouses or dependent children. Go here for more information.
The Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program (Yellow Ribbon Program) is a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This program allows institutions of higher learning (degree granting institutions) in the United States to voluntarily enter into an agreement with VA to fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate. The institution can contribute up to 50 percent of those expenses and VA will match the same amount as the institution. Go here for more information.
This program authorizes educational benefits to dependents and survivors of certain veterans who have serious disabilities as the result of their service (100 percent disabled) or who have died of a service-connected cause, were a prisoner of war or missing in action. Go here for more information.
The MyCAA program provides up to $6,000 of financial assistance for military spouses who are pursuing degree programs, licenses or credentials leading to employment in portable career fields. Go here for more information.
This is a needs-based education assistance program designed to provide spouses of active duty Army soldiers and widow(ers) of Army soldiers who died while on active duty, and are residing in the United States, with financial assistance with which to pursue educational goals. The program is limited to $2,500 maximum per academic year. Go here for more information.
The Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship amends the Post-9/11 GI Bill to include the children of service members who died in the line of duty after September 10, 2001. The benefit is retroactively effective to August 1, 2009, the same day the Post-9/11 GI Bill took effect. Eligible children attending school may receive up to the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition and fees, plus a monthly living allowance and books and supplies stipend under this program. Go here for more information.
*Additional financial aid is available for those who qualify.
