Financial Aid for Military Personnel
Your Bryant & Stratton College Online financial aid advisor is dedicated to helping you understand and navigate through the financial aid programs and benefits available to military personnel and their families. Simply call or email our Financial Aid office, and an experienced military coordinator can help you navigate the choices and submit the appropriate paperwork.
Montgomery GI Bill
State Scholarships, Grants and Tuition Assistance
Benefits vary by state. Please speak with a Bryant & Stratton College representative to identify which benefits are available in your state.
Post-9/11 Montgomery GI Bill Information
This new education benefit program is available to individuals who served in active duty on or after September 11, 2001 and is payable for education pursued after August 1, 2009. If you qualify for assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill on or after August 1, 2009 and you also qualify for assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill, you may make an irrevocable decision to receive benefits solely under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this aid, you must qualify as one of the following:
- You served 90 aggregate days on active duty after September 10, 2001 and are still on active duty or honorably discharged
- You were released from active duty and placed on the retired list or temporarily disabled retired list
- You were released from active duty for further service in a reserve division of the armed forces
- You may be eligible if you were honorably discharged from active duty for a service-connected disability and you served 30 continuous days after September 10, 2001
What is covered?
- Cost of tuition and fees--paid directly to school--not to exceed the most expensive in-state undergraduate tuition at a public institution of higher education
- Monthly housing allowance—paid directly to you—equal to the basic housing allowance payable to a military E-5 with dependents in the same zip code as your school
- Yearly books and supplies stipend of up to $1,000, paid directly to you
- A one-time payment of $500 paid to individuals relocating from a highly rural area