GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.
How to Use Your VA Benefits
Step 1: Apply With VA
After you’ve been admitted to NYU, complete the paperwork through the VA, a Certificate of Eligibility Letter (COE) will be mailed, indicating the chapter and eligible benefit(s).
Chapter 31 veterans: you will receive an Authorization & Certification of Entrance or Reentrance into Rehabilitation & Certification of Status (22-1905)
Upon receipt of your Certificate of Eligibility (COE) from VA, submit it to Registrar by completing this form . If you do not yet have a COE, attach a screenshot of your benefit information from the VA eBenefits website to the form, but you will still be required to send the COE to the Registrar once you receive it.
After registering for classes each term, complete this form for our Certifying Official so they can certify your enrollment Note that you may need to login to NYU using your NetID/password to complete the form. Please be sure to redact your SSN on any attachment(s) and include your N#.
In order for a service member to be entitled to their benefits they must be honorably discharged.
Chapter 35 Recipients
The Registrar's Office will need the Social Security number of the veteran. You can call our office at 212 998-4280 to provide us with the SSN and/or the Registrar’s Office will contact you.
If you want to keep the NYU insurance, note that every student is automatically enrolled once they register at NYU - no additional action is needed.
Dental Insurance
You can elect enroll in the Stu-dent Plan, offered via the NYU School of Dentistry.
Taking Classes at Multiple Institutions/ Schools
A student may take courses at more than one institution that apply to his or her degree. The institution that will grant the degree is the student's "primary" institution; all other schools are "secondary" institutions.
Supplemental enrollment is when a student is enrolled at a secondary institution. VA will pay for the credits taken at a secondary institution.
Concurrent enrollment is when a student is enrolled at both the primary school and secondary isntitutions simultaneously. VA will pay for the combined credit, taking overlapping enrollment dates into account.
The School Certifying Official at the primary institution will provide a letter addressed to the Certifying Official at the secondary institution indicating courses that will be accepted as transfer credit that apply to the student’s degree requirements.
To request a “Parent School Letter” to be sent to the secondary School Certifying Official, submit the following information to your NYU School Certifying Official via email at certifications@nyu.edu:
Course schedule from secondary school
Secondary School Certifying Official contact information (name, email address, fax, etc.)
Non-Credit/Certificate Programs
School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SPS) offers Non-Credit programs. For certificate advisement please contact SPS.
Veterans are advised to review the VA website to see if the program is approved.
If the veteran is interested in a program that is not approved, please contact the NYU Certifying Official.
Programs that are not approved require the approval from the State Approving Agency which determines the eligibility of certificate programs.
Veterans' Tuition Award (NY State Residents)
Veteran's Tuition Awards (VTA) are awards for eligible student veterans matriculated in an approved program. The Veteran's Tuition Award offered by the Higher Education Services Corporation of New York State is meant to help with the cost of tuition. Per the HESC site:
"The combined tuition benefits available to a student cannot exceed the student’s total tuition costs. Tuition payments received by a student under the Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33 veteran benefits) and Yellow Ribbon program are considered duplicative of any VTA and/or TAP award. Students receiving tuition assistance through these programs may, and in most cases will have their State VTA and/or TAP payment reduced or denied due to these other benefits."
This means that even if a Veteran's Tuition Award is estimated on a student billing account, the actual amount HESC awards is dependent on whether tuition has already been paid by other awards. A VTA will not be awarded if the tuition costs are already covered by other aid.
Students must apply with HESC each year to be considered for this award. More information regarding eligibility and other frequently asked questions is available on the HESC site.
Delayed Payments and Temporary Assistance
NYU recognizes there are times when veterans who rely on monetary benefits from the Department of Veteran's Affairs and/or other external agencies are challenged by untimely payments. If you are an NYU student who is a veteran or military connected student who is in such a situation and need temporary assistance while waiting for delayed payments, please contact the Office of Financial Aid, or if you're uncertain which NYU office to contact, but have veterans or military affiliated related questions, you may reach out directly to: Alaska McInnis, Assistant Director of Institutional Engagement Email: alaska.mcinnis@nyu.edu, Phone: 212-992-3764.
NYU will not impose any penalty, including the assessment of late fees, the denial of access to classes, libraries, or other institutional facilities, or to require that a covered individual borrow additional funds due to the individual’s inability to meet his or her financial obligations to the institution due to the delayed disbursement funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs under chapter 31 or 33.
NYU does not consider the following scenarios as a delayed payment:
If we receive confirmation from the VA that the student is no longer eligible to receive the funds or have exhausted their eligibility (after NYU submits the certification to the VA).
If the student is not covered in full with their VA benefits, including Yellow Ribbon. Not all students have enough VA benefits to cover their semester balance in full. (This is covered in page 2 of the Acknowledgement #4).
If the student fails to submit the Certificate of Eligibility (COE), and any other required information for certification.
In the scenarios listed above, the student may be subject to finance charges or registration holds if the balance is not paid by the student.
Academic Requirements
All VA Benefit recipients are expected to reach the objective (bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, or certificate) authorized by the VA with the minimum number of credits required.
The VA may not authorize payments for credits that are in excess of scholastic requirements, that are taken for audit purposes only, or for which non-punitive grades are received.