Financial Aid for Veterans

Financial Resources Specifically for Veteran Students

Avila’s Yellow Ribbon Program: Avila University, in conjunction with the Veteran’s Administration, completely covers all tuition and fee costs for qualified veterans and family members. That means you may be eligible to attend Avila for FREE! Avila, nationally recognized as a G.I. Jobs Military Friendly School works with all veterans and their families to ensure they receive the support needed to pursue their education and their dreams. Join your fellow veterans, active-duty military members, spouses, and dependents who call Avila home.

Yellow Ribbon Eligibility

According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, individuals entitled to the maximum benefit rate (based on service requirements) may receive this funding.  Therefore, you may be eligible if:

• You served an aggregate period of active duty after September 10, 2001, of at least 36 months
• You were honorably discharged from active duty for a service-connected disability and you served 30 continuous days after September 10, 2001
• You are a dependent eligible for Transfer of  Entitlement under the Post-9/11 GI Bill based on a veteran’s service under the eligibility criteria listed above.
• Per section 103 of the Veterans Benefit and Transition Act of 2018, Avila University will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries or other institutional facilities, or the requirement that a Chapter 31 or Chapter 33 recipient borrow additional funds to cover the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement of a payment by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

If you have any further questions, please contact Paula Tarwater at 816.501.3781 or paula.tarwater@avila.edu.

Veteran Benefits

Apply with the VA/DOD.
Veterans and service members:

• Visit www.gibill.va.gov and click on Apply for Benefits

Dependents:

• Have your spouse or parent visit www.gibill.va.gov and click on Apply for Benefits to be awarded their educational benefits.
• Have your spouse or parent apply to transfer their educational benefits to you at www.dmdc.osd.mil/milconnect or through their Chain of Command
• Visit www.gibill.va.gov yourself and apply to use your transferred educational benefits

Documents required to be certified as a student at Avila University:

• Certificate of Eligibility from the VA, which should be received when you are found eligible to use educational benefits (or a printout from eBenefits showing your eligibility and % rate)
• DD-214 (if applicable)
• Avila University’s VA Certification Request form (for each semester you are requesting to use your benefits)