Non-college degree programs

If you’re using Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits (Chapter 33)

We determine your monthly payment rate based on these factors:

• How many clock hours you’re scheduled to attend each week, and
• How long you served on active duty (your eligibility tier), and
• The location of your classes, and
• The dates of your enrollment period, and
• Your active duty status

Check Post-9/11 GI Bill rates

If you’re using other VA education benefits (Chapters 30, 1606, or 35)

For the Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty (MGIB-AD), Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR), and Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA), we determine your monthly rate based on these factors:

• How many clock hours you’re scheduled to attend each week, and
• The dates of your enrollment period, and
• Your active duty status

You’ll get a set rate for what we consider to be full time, three-quarter time, half time, and less than half time:

If more than 50% of the teaching happens in the classroom:

• 18 clock hours or more is full time
• 13 to 17 clock hours is three-quarter time
• 9 to 12 clock hours is half time
• 5 to 8 hours is less than half time
• 1 to 4 hours is quarter time or less  

If more than 50% of the training happens outside the classroom in a hands-on environment:

• 22 hours or more is full time
• 16 to 21 hours is three-quarter time
• 11 to 15 hours is half time
• 6 to 10 hours is less than half time
• 1 to 5 hours is quarter time or less 

Check the current payment rates by benefit:

• Check Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty (MGIB-AD or Chapter 30) rates
• Check Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR or Chapter 1606) rates
• Check Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA or Chapter 35) rates

Yes. After completing your first program, you can use any GI Bill benefits you have left over to pay for courses for another program.