DOD Educational Partnership
Degree requirements and evaluated educational plans will meet educational requirements
for credentialing in stated career field and graduates of a program will be eligible
for relevant professional license or certification. Educational institutions will
disclose any conditions (state or agency limitations) or additional requirements (training,
experience, or exams) required to obtain relevant credentials.
Approved and TA Eligible Courses
Approved Courses
If an eligible Service member decides to use Tuition Assistance (TA), educational institutions
will enroll him or her only after the TA is approved by the individual’s Service.
Service members will be solely responsible for all tuition costs without this prior
approval. This requirement does not prohibit an educational institution from pre-registering
a Service member in a course in order to secure a slot in the course. If a school
enrolls the Service member before the appropriate Service approves Military TA, then
the Service member could be responsible for the tuition. All Military TA must be requested
and approved prior to the start date of the course. The Military TA is approved on
a course-by-course basis and only for the specific course(s) and class dates that
a Service member requests. If a military student “self-identifies” their eligibility
and the Service has not approved the funding, then the Service member will be solely
responsible for all tuition costs, not the Service.
TA Eligible Courses
Courses will be considered eligible for TA if they are:
- Part of an individual’s evaluated educational plan; or
- Prerequisites for courses within the individual’s evaluated educational plan; or
- Required for acceptance into a higher-level degree program, unless otherwise specified
by Service regulations.
The College Scorecard
A planning tool and resource to assist prospective students and their families as
they evaluate options in selecting a school The College Scorecard is located at: http://collegecost.ed.gov/
scorecard/.
The College Navigator
A consumer tool that provides school information to include tuition and fees, retention
and graduation rates, use of financial aid, student loan default rates and features
a cost calculator and school comparison tool. The College Navigator is located at:
http://nces.ed.gov/
collegenavigator/.
Paying for College Webpage
The “Paying for College” webpage can be used by prospective students to enter the
names of up to three schools and receive detailed financial information on each one
and to enter actual financial aid award information. The tool can be accessed at:
http://www.consumerfinance.gov/paying-for-college/.
