Using GI Bill® Benefits

GI Bill® benefits you may use at St. Edward's University for all VA approved degree programs and certificate pursuits:

• The Post 9/11 GI Bill®, Chapter 33
• Vocational Readiness and Employment, Chapter 31
• Survivors and Dependents, DEA Ch. 35
• The Fry Scholarship - Dependents of Active Duty members killed in the line of duty on or after 9/11/2001 (The student will receive Ch.33 eligibility per the VA)
• Montgomery GI Bill® - Active Duty Chapter 30
• Montgomery GI Bill® - Selective Reserve, Chapter 1606

The Ch. 33, Post 9/11 GI Bill® at 100% eligibility, funding levels for the VA ’22-’23 academic year: 

The VA will provide up to $26,381.37 in Post-9/11 tuition and fees funding for Post-9/11 GI Bill® beneficiaries at the 100% eligibility level attending a private university.

St. Edward’s is a private university.

*If you are not 100% eligible, you can factor in your eligibility percentage against the full 100% Post 9/11 GI Bill® funding rate to determine your ’22-’23 allotment.

Ch. 33 rate tables

Yellow Ribbon program, funding levels for the VA ’22-’23 academic year:

The VA will provide up to an additional $10,000; each VA Yellow Ribbon funding dollar received by St. Edward’s will be matched by St. Edward’s Yellow Ribbon funding. This can provide the eligible student up to an additional $20,000 in combined VA/St. Edward’s matched Yellow Ribbon funding for the VA ’22-’23 academic year.

Total ’22-’23 Post-9/11 GI Bill® tuition/fees funding at 100% eligibility with all possible Yellow Ribbon: $46,381.37

*The Yellow Ribbon program is only available to students at 100% Post 9/11 GI Bill® eligibility.

-As of August 2022, eligible students on active duty can use the Yellow Ribbon program.

Ch. 35 DEA: The student is paid a stipend based upon their certified rate of pursuit.

St. Edward’s full-time undergraduate rate of pursuit is defined as 12 credit hours, and graduate is 9 credit hours. We certify all credit hours meeting degree requirements to the VA.

Ch. 35 rate tables

Ch.31 VR&E: All tuition and fees are paid for courses meeting degree requirements, per the student’s CH.31 degree program agreement provided by VA VR&E to St. Edward’s

St. Ed’s verifies your program eligibility when your VR&E counselor provides us with an education “purchase order”. Please contact us and share the name and VA email address of your VR&E counselor. We’ll coordinate from there.

We invoice VR&E for the tuition and fees per any semester the student requests to be certified.

The student’s purchase order will detail the degree program the VA wishes to pay for. If the Ch.31 VR&E student is taking courses outside of the VA approved degree plan, we will reach out to the student’s VR&E counselor to understand if they will provide funding for such coursework.

St. Ed’s bookstore, a third-party contract with Barnes and Noble, invoices separately for Ch. 31 students. We inform the student’s VR&E counselor to send a separate purchase order to the St. Ed’s bookstore.

Ch. 30, Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB-AD): The student is paid a stipend based upon their certified semester rate of pursuit.

St. Edward’s full-time undergraduate rate of pursuit is defined as 12 credit hours, and graduate is 9 credit hours. We certify all credit hours meeting degree requirements to the VA. 

Ch. 30 rate tables

Ch. 1606, Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR): The student is paid a stipend based upon their certified rate of pursuit.

St. Edward’s full-time undergraduate rate of pursuit is defined as 12 credit hours; graduate is 9 credit hours. We certify all credit hours meeting degree requirements to the VA.

Ch. 1606 rate tables

The Yellow Ribbon program provides additional funding beyond the defined academic year's tuition and standard fees cap for students using the Ch.33 Post-9/11 benefit at the 100% eligibility level. This excludes students who are serving on Active Duty or spouses in receipt of transferred benefits from a service member still on Active Duty.

• We have 250 slots for veterans and their dependents

• Our annual amount is $20,000 in additional funds ($10,000 from SEU and $10,000 from VA) and helps offset a portion of tuition and fees. Students are responsible for any outstanding balance outside of their Veterans benefits. 

The criteria for participation in the Yellow Ribbon program are as follows:

• Eligible for the Post 9/11 (Chapter 33) GI Bill® education benefit at the 100% level

• Maintain good academic standing at St. Edward's University, must be meeting Satisfactory Academic Progress standards.

• Be admitted as a degree-seeking student with net tuition and fee charges above the VA’s annual maximum rate as posted at www.gibill.va.gov.
  Note: Unused funding does not roll to the next academic year.

The Yellow Ribbon Program is available to most degree programs offered at St. Edward’s. Contact the Military & Veterans Affairs Coordinator for more information.

Institution's Policy on Return of Unearned TA Funds to the Government

Return of Tuition Assistance: Military Tuition Assistance (TA) is awarded to a student under the assumption the student will attend the entire period for which the assistance is awarded. When a student withdraws, the student may no longer be eligible for the full amount of TA funds originally awarded.  St. Edward's University will return any unearned TA funds on a prorated basis through at least the 60% portion of the period for which the funds were provided. TA funds are earned proportionally during an enrollment period, with unearned founds returned based upon when a student stops attending.

• • • • • 16-week Course Withdraw submitted
          Before or during Week 1                    100% return
          During Weeks 2-4                                75% return
          During Weeks 5-8                                50% return
          During Week 9-10                                40% return (60% of course completed)
          During Weeks 11-16                               0% return

          12-week Course Withdraw submitted
          Before or during Week 1                    100% return
          During Weeks 2-4                                75% return
          During Weeks 5-6                                50% return
          During Week 7                                      40% return (60% of course completed)
          During Weeks 8-12                               0% return

          8-week Course (Including Distance Education) Withdraw submitted
          Before or during Week 1                    100% return
          During Week 2                                      75% return
          During Weeks 3-4                               50% return
          During Week 5                                     40% return (60% of course completed)
          During Weeks 6-8                               0% return

By phone: 888-442-4551

Web: Ask.va.gov

You should contact the VA when:

1. You have a question about any VA GI Bill education benefit
2. You would like information about what you were/will be paid as a result of your GI Bill certification
3. You would like to confirm your remaining benefits or ask about a submitted application for benefits.
4. You want to change your direct deposit, address, or phone number on record.

As a private university, St. Edward’s is unable to participate in the Hazlewood Program.

• The Hazlewood Act exempts qualified students taking classes at public institutions of higher education in Texas from tuition and fee charges but does not include property deposits or student services fees.