Veteran Benefits

Students eligible for the Montgomery GI Bill are eligible for Veteran's Benefits at IIT. Students need to be accepted by IIT and cleared by the Department of Veterans Affairs before receiving benefits. Paperwork needs to be filled out in the Registrar's Office at IIT's Main Campus to initiate the process for obtaining VA tuition benefits.

Office visits are by appointment only. For further information or to setup an appointment, please contact:

Erica Warrior
Office of the Registrar, IIT Main Campus
3300 South Federal
Main Building, Room 104
Chicago, IL 60616
registrar@iit.edu
312.567.3100
www.iit.edu/registrar/

If you have any questions regarding this program or your eligibility, please contact the Office of the Registrar directly.

The Illinois Institute of Technology is pleased participate in the Department of Veteran Affairs' Yellow Ribbon Program. As a benefit of this program, eligible military veterans can attend the Illinois Institute of Technology at little to no out-of-pocket tuition cost. Both undergraduates and graduate (full-time and part-time) students are eligible to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Yellow Ribbon Eligibility Requirements

• 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.

Essentially, the Yellow Ribbon benefits for an IIT undergraduate student covers all the tuition expense you will have. Even though the VA benefit covers at the state tuition rate, I can give you a general outline of what your benefits would look like if you came here.

Yellow Ribbon, here is what you are eligible to receive using the current amount for IL ($629.75/credit) for 18 credit hours:

        $16,261.50 – Total IIT charges ($629.75 * 18)
        $11,335.50 – From Ch. 33 VA benefit coverage
        $  2,463.00 – From Yellow Ribbon VA benefit coverage 
        $  2,463.00 – From IIT VA match coverage

        $16,261.50 – Total Yellow Ribbon coverage

Just to be clear, the above information is just an example for the policy in place this year with the VA benefits. State tuition rates are subject to change, in addition if you receive an IL MAP grant, this will also have to be included in determining the benefits too. You are also eligible to submit a FAFSA, so you can use the federal aid you are offered to help with any other additional expenses you may have while at IIT. In addition, the VA certification also initiates a housing allowance too, so your loan borrowing should be conservative.

For the 2010-2011 academic year, IIT had twenty students who participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program.

First you must go to the Department of Defense transferability application web site to determine if your dependents are eligible to receive the transferred benefits. This web site is only available to military members.

Official Department of Defense transferability application web site (non-VA Link, Internet Explorer only).

Upon approval, family members may apply to use transferred benefits with VA by completing VA Form 22-1990e. VA Form 22-1990e should only be completed and submitted to VA by the family member after Department of Defense has approved the request for TEB. Do not use VA Form 22-1990e to apply for TEB.

VEAP is available if you elected to make contributions from your military pay to participate in this education benefit program. Your contributions are matched on a $2 for $1 basis by the Government. You may use these benefits for degree, certificate, correspondence, apprenticeship/on-the-job training programs, and vocational flight training programs. In certain circumstances, remedial, deficiency, and refresher training may also be available.

Benefit entitlement is 1 to 36 months depending on the number of monthly contributions. You have 10 years from your release from active duty to use VEAP benefits. If there is entitlement not used after the 10-year period, your portion remaining in the fund will be automatically refunded.

For more information on the VEAP program, please visit the Department of Veterans Affairs web site:
http://www.gibill.va.gov/post-911/other-programs/veap.html.