Financial Assistance

Military Tuition Assistance

Tuition Assistance (TA) offers financial assistance to service members who elect to pursue Off-Duty or Voluntary Education. TA funds 100% of tuition costs for high school completion up to a fiscal year TA cap of $4,500.

Effective 01 Oct 2002, postsecondary education, from vocational certification through graduate study, TA will fund up to 100% of institution charges for tuition, instructional fees, laboratory fees, computer fees and mandatory enrollment fees combined. Funding will not exceed $250 per semester hour equivalent and $4,500 per individual per fiscal year. Combinations of the different educational levels will not exceed the fiscal cap.

TA funds will be recouped from the service member for failed courses, incomplete courses, or courses from which the member voluntarily withdrew. Recoupment may be waived for a service member for duty-related withdrawals. Service members must submit proof, such as TAD or PCS orders, and a letter endorsed by their commanding officer. The education services officer will determine if a duty waiver is warranted.

TA is not authorized for books or for lower or lateral degrees. Officers using TA agree to remain on active duty for two (2) years following the completion of the TA funded course.

First-time students must complete a TA Orientation Class PRIOR to using TA. All others, please proceed to your local base Lifelong Learning or Education Office.

Marines must apply for and receive written authorization for TA PRIOR to enrollment through the appropriate education office.

TA for remote Marines and those assigned to other service sites is processed at Camp LeJeune/Cherry Point for those east of the Mississippi and Camp Pendleton for those west of the Mississippi. I-I duty Marines apply through MARFORRES, New Orleans. Recruiters apply via their recruiting district or region headquarters.