Posted on May 9, 2016
SSgt Joshua Briggs
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I am used the Post 9/11 GI Bill to pay for a BS in Business Administration. I'm looking at getting an MS in IT-Applications Development. I'm wondering if there are any benefits available from the VA after exhausting the Post 9/11 GI Bill available to me. Or any grants and/or scholarships I should investigate.
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PFC Charles Beason
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I have not found any benefits through the VA for schooling, however I do know that Colorado Technical University offers online degrees, and they offer whats called a liberty grant to veterans and soldiers.
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LTC Mo Vanderslice
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Check with you state for any more veterans education benefit. For veterans entering or leaving the service in Texas, with TX as their home of record, are entitled to 4 years of free education at any state level university physically located within the state. This benefit can be deferred by the veteran to their spouse or kids. Other states have similar educational benefits.
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SGT James Colbert
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iff you have service connected disability, you could apply for vocational rehabilitation, which pays you bah for going to school. it paid for my two degreesa
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SSgt Melissa Gaitan
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You can apply for vocational rehab via ebenefits website. Depending on what state your living in depends on the grants and scholarships available to you. Texas has some great programs available.
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SFC Dr. Fred Lockard
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The only possible way the VA can help, as far as I know, is if you can show that your disabilities (assuming you are a rated vet) impact your ability to work given your current level of education, and that you would thus need a higher level degree in order to find/keep suitable employment. Then you may be able to request/use Chap 31 Voc Rehab benefits. I used Voc Rehab to get a Masters Degree but, I did not use any other benefits prior to that. I am not sure you can use voc rehab and Post 9/11 consecutively. But you can apply and the worst thing that can happen is you get denied.
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SFC Jim Smith
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SSgt Briggs,
If you have a disability rating of 30% or more you can qualify for the VA rehabilitation program. They will pay 100% of your college tuition and books. That is the only program that I am aware of.
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MSgt Art Busch
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20% is the correct rate at which Voc. Rehab. may be used. At 10% you have to make a case to the VA for the benefit.
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Cpl Javier Enriquez
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Shoot me an email @ [login to see]
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SGT Adam Pankow
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Have you looked at Western Governors University? They are a competency based, well reviewed, non-profit university, so if you already know it you can test out, and their costs are quite low. They may have some programs available to further reduce costs, and you can always go for federal grants and/or loans, as well as apply for scholarships. I have many co-workers attending right now, in addition to myself, and we all have nothing but great things to say about it. Check it out and if it interests you then let me know, I get a gift for referring you, and you get the $65 application fee waived.
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SSgt Joshua Briggs
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I have looked into them. However, they don't have a master's program in computer since, software/web/app development.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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Also uopeople has Assoc and Bach inmcomp sci and bus admin I think they're going to have other majors just don't know for sure which or when, honest.
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