Yellow Ribbon Program

The Post-9/11 GI Bill will pay you:

all resident tuition & fees for a public school

the lower of the actual tuition & fees or the national maximum per academic year for a private school

Your actual tuition & fees costs may exceed these amounts if you are attending a private school or are attending a public school as a nonresident student.

Institutions of Higher Learning (Degree Granting Institutions) may elect to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program to make additional funds available for your education program without an additional charge to your GI Bill entitlement.

Degree-granting institutions of higher learning participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill Yellow Ribbon Program agree to make additional funds available for your education program without an additional charge to your GI Bill entitlement. These institutions voluntarily enter into a Yellow Ribbon Agreement with VA and choose the amount of tuition and fees that will be contributed. VA matches that amount and issues payments directly to the institution.

Available Benefits and Eligibility

To receive benefits under the Yellow Ribbon Program you must be eligible for the maximum benefit rate under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

This includes:

Those who served 36 months (may be aggregate) on active duty

Purple Heart recipients with an honorable discharge and any amount of service

Those discharged after 60 days with a service-connected disability and served 30 continuous days after Sept. 10, 2001

Children using transferred benefits

Children using transferred benefits if their servicemember transferor is at the 100 percent level (36 months served)

Effective August 1, 2022, servicemembers at the 100 percent level and transferee spouses whose transferor is at the 100 percent level

Also

Your school must agree to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program

Your school must have not offered Yellow Ribbon to more than the maximum number of individuals, as stated in their participation agreement

Your school must certify your enrollment to VA and provide Yellow Ribbon Program information

You are not eligible if:

You are an active duty Servicemembers or their spouse.

More Information

How Will I Know If My School Is Participating In The Yellow Ribbon Program?