VA College Benefits and Yellow Ribbon Program
VA College Benefits and Yellow Ribbon Program
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) offers a number of VA education benefits to help eligible veterans pay the cost of outstanding tuition and fees. Grand Canyon University (GCU) can help you apply to use your VA GI Bill(See disclaimer ®) benefits or your Veteran Readiness and Employment benefits (VR&E) to assist with the cost of your program.
GCU is a Yellow Ribbon school. This program allows institutions of higher learning in the U.S. to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the VA to help fund tuition expenses for veterans. As a Yellow Ribbon college, we are proud to support this initiative to help make education more affordable for our veterans.
Eligibility for all VA education benefits is based on the department's review and approval. The VA determines eligibility and education benefits.
GCU's Veterans Affairs Office includes a team of dedicated military benefit liaisons who process certifications for all VA and Veteran Readiness and Employment entitlements. In efforts to uphold accuracy in reporting, all VA applications must be submitted to the Veterans Affairs Office, through your military university counselor. If you would like to use your entitlements, complete the three-step process below. Military university counselors are available to assist you in the process toward obtaining your military education benefits.
Contact us at Military.Billing@gcu.edu for more information.
Your military university counselor will guide you through the appropriate questions to determine which benefits are best for funding your degree program. Explore the benefits below to familiarize yourself with the programs available to you.
Chapter 30 - Montgomery GI Bill® (MGIB-AD)
Chapter 35 – Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA)
Chapter 31 – Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)
Chapter 1606 – Montgomery GI Bill® – Select Reserve (MGIB-SR)
Chapter 33 – Post 9/11 GI Bill®
The Yellow Ribbon Program
With the assistance of your military university counselor, complete all necessary VA forms to begin the VA education benefits application process. If you do not have a Certificate of Eligibility from the VA, please complete the appropriate online application at va.gov.
If you have questions regarding this step, complete this form and ask to speak a military university counselor.
Once you have completed your application form for VA education benefits, please submit completed documents to your military university counselor. For additional questions or assistance complete this form and a university counselor will be in contact with you.
Grand Canyon University will certify eligible VA benefits in two stages. An initial certification will be submitted with $0 tuition and fees. A subsequent certification will be submitted no later than 60 days after the beginning of the term. To begin the initial certification phase, students must acknowledge and complete the certification request document in their Student Portal prior to the start of each course.
