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Veterans Education Benefits

Information on Veterans Education Benefits is available on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs GI Bill web site. All individuals receiving educational benefits from VA can call 1-888-GIBILL1 (1-888-442-4551). The automated phone system can answer many of your common questions quickly and easily.

Veterans Administration Education Benefit

APPLYING FOR BENEFITS

When applying for VA education benefits, please allow eight to ten weeks for processing. The amount of benefits you will receive is determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs and is based on the number of credit hours for which you are enrolled.

New Students

If you have never used VA education benefits at any institution of higher education, you must complete the appropriate application form.

Form 22-1990 Online

  • Montgomery GI Bill, Active Duty (CH. 30)
  • Vocational Rehabilitation (CH. 31)
  • Post-9/11 GI Bill (CH.33)
  • Montgomery GI Bill, Selected Reserve (CH. 1606)
  • Reserve Education Assistance Program (CH. 1607)

Form 22-5490 Online

  • Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance Program (CH. 35)

Tuition Assistance

  • Tuition Assistance is a Department of Defense program. The program is not administered or monitored by the VA.
  • To apply, contact your Unit Education Service Officer.

In addition, you will be required to provide one or more of the following documents to Thunderbird’s Veteran Certifying Official at veterans@thunderbird.edu:

  • DD Form 214: Veteran coming off Active Duty (Chapters 30, 33, and 1607 only)
  • Certificate of Eligibility (Chapters 30, 33, 1606, 1607, and 35)
  • Authorization and Certification of Entrance or Reentrance into Rehabilitation and Certification of Status (Chapter 31)
  • Completed Authorization Form (Tuition Assistance)

Continuing Students

If you collected GI Bill benefits at another institution, you must complete one of the following forms to change the place of training.

  • Form 22-1995, if you are receiving benefits through Chapters 30, 32, 1606 or 1607
  • Form 22-5495, if you are receiving benefits through Chapter 35

You will need to submit a copy of the completed form to Thunderbird’s Veteran Certifying Official at veterans@thunderbird.edu. These are kept for our records only.

YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM

The Yellow Ribbon Program is a provision of CH. 33 Post-9/11 GI Bill. This program allows institutions of higher learning to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate. The VA will match each additional dollar funded by the institution, and the combined amounts may not exceed the full cost of the institution’s charged tuition and fees for the VA approved programs.

Thunderbird School of Global Management has elected to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program for the 2010-2011 academic calendar year with funding for a maximum of 10 eligible applicants.

RESOURCES

Military Branch of Service

National Guard and Reserve

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please email Thunderbird’s Veterans Certifying Official at veterans@thunderbird.edu.