The Department of Defense (DOD) Tuition Assistance (TA) program provides financial assistance to service members for voluntary off-duty education programs in support of professional and personal self-development goals. TA is available for courses that are offered in the classroom or by distance learning as part of an approved academic degree or certificate program. The courses must be offered by schools that are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and are signatories to the current DOD Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (DOD MOU). Winthrop University is one of the signatories to that MOU.
Prospective service member students must receive approval from their Educational Services
Officer (ESO), or their counselor within their military service, prior to enrollment.
Coursework can be classroom-based or distance learning
Student must be officially registered and earn a grade or credit for the course (no auditing)
Course must be part of an approved academic degree program
Funds apply to course tuition only; may not be used to pay for books, materials, institutional fees or retaking a course previously taken.
TA can be used in conjunction with all other federal VA educational benefits. ONLY
students who are currently serving or have served are eligible for federal TA; dependents
of veterans are NOT eligible. Students also using another federal VA educational benefit
(e.g. Chapter 33 Post-9/11) must submit the Certification Request Form.
