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VetEd — Tuition Reimbursed After You Pass, on a Credit Bank Set by Your Service

A veteran without a bachelor’s degree can have tuition and fees reimbursed after completing courses with at least a C average, drawing on a credit bank of 30, 60 or 120 credits according to length of active duty — subject to a household income test.

Verified August 23, 2026

What this benefit is

A veteran without a bachelor’s degree can have tuition and fees reimbursed after completing courses with at least a C average, drawing on a credit bank of 30, 60 or 120 credits according to length of active duty — subject to a household income test.

What it's worth: Tuition and fees reimbursed for completed courses, up to 30, 60 or 120 credits by length of service

  • WDVA publishes the credit bank as: 90 to 180 days of active duty, 30 credits or 2 semesters; 181 to 730 days, 60 credits or 4 semesters; 731 days or more, 120 credits or 8 semesters.
  • Reimbursement is reduced to the extent tuition and fees have already been paid by other grants, scholarships and remissions, including federal Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition benefits — so the cash value depends on what is left unpaid.
  • Household income must be below $50,000 plus $1,000 for each dependent beyond two dependents.

Who is entitled to it

  • You are the veteran.
  • You are enrolled at, or applying to, an eligible institution.
  • Your home is in Wisconsin.

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How to claim it

Deadline: Within 60 days of the course start date
  1. 1Apply within 60 days of the course start date. WDVA states the application must be received in that window, which is the deadline most people discover too late.
  2. 2Apply online through MyWisVets if you can — WDVA marks it as the faster route — or through a county or tribal veterans service officer, or on WDVA Form 2200.
  3. 3Deal with the Wisconsin GI Bill first. WDVA states that anyone eligible for Wisconsin GI Bill benefits must apply for and use those in order to be eligible for VetEd reimbursement.
  4. 4Check the income line: household income below $50,000, plus $1,000 for each dependent beyond two.
  5. 5Check the degree bar: VetEd is for veterans who have not yet earned a bachelor’s degree.
  6. 6Pass the courses. Reimbursement follows successful completion with at least a 2.0 GPA — a C average — for the semester.
  7. 7Read the Vet Ed Reimbursement Grant Fact Sheet (WDVA 2468) before enrolling, so the credit bank and the offsets are not a surprise afterwards.
Form
WDVA Form 2200
File with
MyWisVets, or your county or tribal veterans service office
Documents you will need
dd214
Each term
Applied for term by term, with the 2.0 GPA test applied each semester.
CorrectionVetEd pays after the fact. It reimburses tuition and fees for courses already completed, so a veteran who needs the money at enrolment is looking at the wrong programme.
Worth knowingWDVA states a veteran may draw federal Chapter 30 Montgomery GI Bill benefits and VetEd in the same semester. Chapter 33 tuition payments, by contrast, reduce what VetEd reimburses.
Known gapThe statutory basis is not named on the page and Wisconsin’s statute site refuses connections from here. The credit bank, the income test and the 60-day deadline are quoted from WDVA’s own page.

Sources

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