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VMSDEP — All Tuition and Fees for Eight Semesters
A full waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at Virginia public institutions, plus a stipend — and it opens at a 90% rating, not 100%.
Verified August 18, 2026
What this benefit is
A full waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at Virginia public institutions, plus a stipend — and it opens at a 90% rating, not 100%.
What it's worth: All tuition and mandatory fees for eight semesters, plus a stipend
- The waiver covers ALL tuition and mandatory fees at a Virginia public college or university for eight semesters.
- The stipend toward room, board, books and supplies is set annually by SCHEV and depends on enrolment status, participant numbers and available funding — so it is real but not a fixed figure.
Who is entitled to it
- It reaches a child or a spouse.
- You are at least 16.
- You are within the age window.
- Your veteran is rated totally and permanently disabled, or at least 90% permanently disabled, from service.
- You meet the Virginia domiciliary requirements.
- Your home is in Virginia.
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
- 1Check the eligibility gate that actually decides this one — it is rarely the disability rating alone.
- 2Apply through the Virginia Department of Veterans Services before the academic year begins.
- Form
- VMSDEP application
- File with
- the Virginia Department of Veterans Services
- Documents you will need
- dd214 · va benefit summary letter
- Each term
- Claimed per academic term.
Worth knowingNinety percent, not one hundred. Almost every comparable dependant programme in this corpus requires a 100% or total rating, and a family whose veteran is rated 90% has every reason to assume they are outside it.
Worth knowingIt reaches the SPOUSE as well as a child aged 16 to 29, which is broader than most.
Known gapThe programme has been under active review over its cost to institutions, and the stipend in particular is funding-dependent. We publish the statutory waiver and describe the stipend as variable rather than quoting a figure.
Sources
- authority · published policyVa. Code §23.1-608
- operating · published policyVirginia Department of Veterans Services — VMSDEP
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