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The Veterans Re-education Act Fund provides tuition assistance to veterans who need a new vocation due to dislocation or unemployment. These veterans must have exhausted GI Bill benefits and be in need of tuition assistance. In addition, West Virginia National Guard Educational Encouragement Program (WVEEP) provides full tuition coverage for certificate, associate, bachelors, and masters level courses up to $6,000 per year for Guardsmen attending in-state institutions.

 

The state waives tuition for spouses and children of veterans who attend state-supported schools. Room and board may not be waived. In addition, as soon as Guardsmen complete training they are eligible for 100 percent payment of tuition and fees at any University of Maine System or Maine Community College institution. Accredited private colleges and universities also qualify but are capped at the University of Maine tuition rate.

 

Pennsylvania provides state grants to qualified veterans who need financial assistance to complete approved programs of postsecondary education. All veterans are considered without regard to the financial status of their parents. The Armed Forces Loan Forgiveness Program provides a grant of up to $2,500 for veterans who haven’t defaulted and who were on active duty between Sept. 11, 2001 and April 30, 2008. Plus, the Pennsylvania National Guard Education Assistance Program covers tuition funding for resident Guardsmen at state system of higher educations schools

 

The Veterans Tuition Award program provides awards to cover the full cost of undergraduate tuition for New York state residents at the State University of New York, or actual tuition charged, whichever is less. Awards are prorated by credit hour for part-time study. Students enrolled in undergraduate programs are eligible for as many as eight semesters and graduate students are eligible for as many as six. In addition, the New York Recruitment Incentive and Retention Program covers the cost of tuition for credit bearing courses at state institutions for eligible members of the New York National Guard.

 

There are three scholarship programs tailored to veterans in Maryland: the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship, the Veterans of the Afghanistan & Iraq Conflicts Scholarship Program and Hodson Trust Star Scholarship – Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. Not all veterans and/or dependents will be eligible, and the number of scholarships is limited. For more information visit www.mdva.state.md.us/state/scholarships.html.

 

Massachusetts offers its veterans a tuition waiver at any state-supported public college or university. To be eligible, a veteran must also be a legal resident of Massachusetts and he/she must not be in default of any federal student loans. Members of the Massachusetts National Guard also receive tuition waiver as well as a fee waiver at all state-supported colleges and universities. In addition, service members are not required to make certain payments to their student loans during deployments.

 

Active members of the Delaware National Guard are eligible for funding support by the Delaware National Guard for certain post-secondary education tuition and fees. Delaware also provides educational benefits for the children of deceased veterans, military service personnel held prisoner of war and military service personnel officially declared to be missing in action.

 

The state waives tuition for resident veterans who attend a public state college or university.

 

The New Jersey National Guard Tuition Program provides tuition free enrollment to any state public institution of higher education. Also, free undergraduate college tuition is available to children whose parents were officially declared a prisoner of war or person missing in action after Jan. 1, 1960 as well as children of service personnel who died while serving. These same people may also qualify for a $500 annual scholarship renewable for four years. The Vietnam Veterans Tuition Credit Program provides a $400 grant in addition to federal benefits for veterans who served on active duty from December 31, 1960 to May 7, 1975.

 

The Rhode Island National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program (STAP) waives the basic tuition for as many as five courses for Guardsmen attending any state college or university.

 

Tuition costs are waived up to 100% after applying other federal benefits at state-supported postsecondary institution on space-available basis for members of the New Hampshire National Guard. There is also a $500 scholarship available to Guradsmen. In addition, children of resident veterans who died in service during wartime may qualify for free tuition at New Hampshire public institutions of higher learning. A scholarship for board, room, rent, books and supplies up to $2,500 per year for a period of no more than four years at such educational institutions may be furnished to these children if they are in need of financial assistance.

 

The Vermont National Guard Scholarship Program provides Guardsmen scholarships up to $5,000 to cover tuition and fees at any state college, university, or regional technical center.