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National Guard Tuition Assistance — Up to 100% Inside the University System

The Office of Veterans Affairs states that members of the state National Guard may receive up to 100 percent tuition assistance at any school in the state university system, and may also qualify for the federal tuition assistance on top of it.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

The Office of Veterans Affairs states that members of the state National Guard may receive up to 100 percent tuition assistance at any school in the state university system, and may also qualify for the federal tuition assistance on top of it.

What it's worth: Up to 100% of tuition at a school in the state university system

  • The ceiling published by the Office of Veterans Affairs is "up to 100 percent" — a ceiling, not a promise, and the office publishes no per-credit or per-year cap alongside it.
  • The page names the state university system. It does not extend the figure to private or out-of-state institutions.
  • Federal tuition assistance is described as available in addition, not instead.

Who is entitled to it

  • You have served or are serving.
  • Your home is in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

Deadline: Set by the Guard education office each term
  1. 1Contact the National Guard Education Office before you enrol — the office administers the award and sets the term deadlines.
  2. 2Ask whether federal tuition assistance is being applied first, and what the state assistance is being asked to cover after it.
  3. 3Confirm in writing what "up to 100 percent" comes to for your specific campus and credit load; the published ceiling is not a per-student figure.
  4. 4Ask what happens to an award mid-term if unit participation lapses.
File with
National Guard Education Office
Each term
Claimed per academic term.
Correction"Up to 100 percent" is a ceiling on the state share, not a statement that tuition is free. The office names no minimum, no per-credit rate and no annual cap, so the amount for any one student comes from the education office rather than from any published table.
Known gapNo statutory citation, no application deadline and no service obligation appears on the page read here. Anyone planning around this should get all three from the Guard education office in writing.

Sources

Why only one source type: The Office of Veterans Affairs publishes the ceiling and the institutional scope in its own words. The Guard education office publishes no eligibility page that was reachable this session, and the statute host refused.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.