VA Benefits' recipients: remember to request to use your benefits each term by completing 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#.
After the veteran has completed 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)
After acceptance to NYU
Once the VA Benefits user has been accepted by their selected school they should:
After registering, complete this form to request to use your benefits for the term. You can attach the documents detailed below to the form - please be sure to redact your SSN on any attachment(s) and include your N#.
Certificate of Eligibility (COE) or 22-1905 (Chapter 31).
If you do not yet have a COE, attach a screenshot of your benefit information from the VA eBenefits website to the form.
Note: You will still be required to send the COE once you receive it.
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.
Supplemental and Concurrent Enrollments
A student may take courses at more than one school that apply to his or her degree. The school that will grant the degree is the student's "primary" school; all other schools are "secondary" schools.
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.
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.
Since interpretation of regulations governing veterans' benefits is subject to change, veterans should refer regularly to the VA website.
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.
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