The Tuition Gap Program — Final Year of a First Bachelor's Degree
A state supplemental grant for a veteran in the FINAL YEAR of a first bachelor's degree whose federal education benefits are exhausted or unavailable — the rare programme aimed precisely at the veteran the GI Bill has stopped helping. It covers tuition, fees, books, education-related supplies and a housing allowance, at six public universities and four private nonprofits, subject to funding.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
A state supplemental grant for a veteran in the FINAL YEAR of a first bachelor's degree whose federal education benefits are exhausted or unavailable — the rare programme aimed precisely at the veteran the GI Bill has stopped helping. It covers tuition, fees, books, education-related supplies and a housing allowance, at six public universities and four private nonprofits, subject to funding.
What it's worth: Tuition, fees, books, supplies and a housing allowance in the final year of a first bachelor's degree
- A supplemental grant, sized case by case through the institution.
- The veteran must be in the final year of a first bachelor's degree. This is the condition most likely to disqualify someone who would otherwise fit.
- Eligible institutions are six listed public universities plus four private nonprofits.
- The veteran must be a Utah resident or qualify for resident tuition.
- Federal veteran education benefits must have been exhausted.
- Satisfactory academic progress must be maintained, and the FAFSA completed, under Board policy R623.
- Covered costs include education-related supplies and a housing allowance as well as tuition, fees and books.
- Awards depend on available funding, so eligibility is not the same as an award.
Who is entitled to it
- You are a veteran.
- You are a resident of this state.
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How to claim it
- 1Ask the admissions office about the Veterans Tuition Gap Program when your federal education benefits have been exhausted — or were never available to you.
- 2The grant reaches tuition, fees AND books, the three costs the GI Bill would have carried.
- 3Because it is need-shaped and supplemental, document what federal benefit you used or why none applied.
- Form
- Grant application through the institution
- File with
- The admissions office of the institution you attend
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · published policyDepartment of Veterans and Military Affairs — education benefits, Veterans Tuition Gap Program
Why only one source type: The department's own education page states the grant, its scope and the exhausted-or-unavailable condition.
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