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Active Duty for Active Support
If you're eligible, the Montgomery GI Bill/ Active Duty, called "MGIB," provides up to 36 months of GI Bill benefits for:
- College, Business
- Technical or Vocational Courses
- Correspondence Courses
- Apprenticeship/Job Training
- Flight Training
Under this Bill, you may receive benefits for a wide variety of training, including an undergraduate or graduate degree at a college or university, or a cooperative training program. You may also take an accredited independent study program leading to a degree. Review the GI Bill eligibility categories.
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Time Is Money
Your MGIB benefits are good up to 10 years from the date of your last discharge or release from active duty. Your 10-year period can be extended by the amount of time you were prevented from training during that period because of a disability or because you were held by a foreign government or power.
Your 10-year period can also be extended if you reenter active duty for 90 days or more after becoming eligible. The extension ends 10 years from the date of separation from the later period. Periods of active duty of less than 90 days can qualify you for extensions only if you were separated for one of the following:
- A service-connected disability
- A medical condition existing before active duty
- Hardship, or
- A reduction in force.
If you're eligible based on two years of active duty and four years in the Selected Reserve, you have 10 years from your release from active duty, or 10 years from the completion of the four-year Selected Reserve obligation to use your benefits.
Here's the Kicker
How much does the VA pay? The monthly benefit paid to you is based on the type of training you take, length of your service, your category, and if DOD put extra money in your MGIB Fund (called "GI Bill Kickers"). You usually have 10 years to use your MGIB benefits, but the time limit can be less, in some cases, and longer under certain circumstances.
The bottom line: get a move on. Your future is waiting.
This list does not include all schools that accept GI Bill funding. For a more complete list of schools by state, click here.
Campus Schools
You deserve a better career and a better life. Rasmussen College in Minnesota can help you get both.
Get the right foundation for your future with a degree from Strayer University. Evening, weekend and online classes are all available to meet the needs of busy adults.
Located just outside of Orlando, Florida, Full Sail University is an educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. The school's on-campus programs provide students with an innovative and accelerated style of education geared toward career opportunities in media, entertainment and the arts.
Full Sail's unique curriculum emphasizes intensive, real-world education, using the latest industry equipment and production processes. Students develop their skills in world-class recording studios, spacious film soundstages, motion capture studio, and a professional performing arts hall, all housed in a 110+ studio, 190-acre multimedia complex.
Full Sail's unique curriculum emphasizes intensive, real-world education, using the latest industry equipment and production processes. Students develop their skills in world-class recording studios, spacious film soundstages, motion capture studio, and a professional performing arts hall, all housed in a 110+ studio, 190-acre multimedia complex.
Carrington College has helped over 45,000 graduates realize their dream of a career in healthcare. Now it's your turn. Choose from eleven conveniently located campuses.
Carrington College California offers the programs you need to begin a career in healthcare. Choose from Healthcare, Massage Therapy, Dental Assisting, Pharmacy Technology, or Veterinary Services.
Get started on your career with an education from Harrison College. We offer more than 30 degree, certificate, and diploma programs in the fields of health sciences, veterinary technology, information technology, criminal justice, and business, in addition to our culinary arts academy.
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Train for a career you'll love at Antonelli College. For more than 50 years we've helped students in Cincinnati and Mississippi launch or advance their career.
See aiprograms.info For more information on our graduation rates, the median loan debt of graduates, and other important information.
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Launch a business, healthcare, or technology career with Dover Business College. Train with the most current technology programs at one of our two (Dover and Paramus, New Jersey) campuses.
Empire College, located in Santa Rosa, California, can give you the career training you need to launch or advance your career in the Business, Law, Technology, or Medical fields.
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Get your photography career started at the Hallmark Institute of Photography. We provide a real-world approach to professional photographic education, and training is completed within 10 months.
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The above schools represent only a portion of the schools that accept the GI Bill. A more complete list of schools: GI Bill Schools
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