Wartime Veterans Scholarship — Tuition, Fees AND Books, Through a Doctorate
An honorably discharged veteran holding a post-August-1990 campaign medal — Southwest Asia, Global War on Terror, Iraq, Afghanistan or another armed-conflict medal — studies at state-funded institutions with tuition and required fees covered and books reimbursed, from undergraduate through doctoral study, capped at the highest in-state undergraduate tuition.
Verified August 22, 2026
What this benefit is
An honorably discharged veteran holding a post-August-1990 campaign medal — Southwest Asia, Global War on Terror, Iraq, Afghanistan or another armed-conflict medal — studies at state-funded institutions with tuition and required fees covered and books reimbursed, from undergraduate through doctoral study, capped at the highest in-state undergraduate tuition.
What it's worth: Tuition and required fees covered, books reimbursed — undergraduate, master's or doctoral — capped at the highest in-state undergraduate tuition
- Awarded first come, first served against the fund each year; renewable on satisfactory progress.
Who is entitled to it
- You were honorably discharged, with a qualifying campaign medal.
- You entered service from this state or have ten years of residency.
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How to claim it
- 1Check the medal gate: a campaign or service medal for armed conflict after 1 August 1990 — Southwest Asia, Global War on Terror, Iraq or Afghanistan campaign medals among them — shown on a certified DD-214 with the honorable discharge.
- 2Check the residency door: a resident at original entry into service, or ten or more years living in the state.
- 3Apply to the department, not the school — awards are first come, first served against the year's fund, and renew on satisfactory progress. Graduate study qualifies, but the dollar cap stays at the highest in-state undergraduate tuition.
- 4Vietnam-era veterans have their own parallel scholarship: a Vietnam Campaign Medal from the 1964–75 window, the same residency doors, tuition and books at state schools — and at non-state schools up to the highest state-school resident tuition.
- Form
- DVS scholarship application with certified DD-214
- File with
- The Department of Veterans Services
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · published policyDepartment of Veterans Services — state benefits, Wartime and Vietnam Veterans Scholarships
Why only one source type: The department's own benefits page states both scholarships' medal gates, residency doors, coverage and caps.
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