Grants for Military Personnel and Their Family
South College is grateful for the service and sacrifice of our military and their families. We are happy to provide the South College Military Grant as a way to support our military – past and present – in the pursuit of their education and skill development.
South College is grateful for the service and sacrifice of our military and their families. We are happy to provide the South College Military Grant as a way to support our military – past and present – in the pursuit of their education and skill development. The qualifications and administrative details of the South College Military Grant are described below.
The South College Military Grant is available to applicants who meet the following requirements and who have demonstrated need based on the ability to cover Cost of Attendance based on the student’s Financial Aid Budget. This Grant is effective 2019-2020.
- Enter or continue as a South College student at any campus location beginning Winter quarter 2017 or after.*
- Provide proof of status as an active duty military member or veteran, or military spouse, with an honorable discharge status, general – under honorable conditions discharge status, or proof of active duty status (NOBE) OR be the dependent of a veteran who is eligible for VA educational benefits.
* The following programs are not eligible for the military grant: Doctor of Pharmacy, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Master of Health Science Physician Assistant, and Doctor of Nursing with Concentration in Nurse Anesthesia, (DNP NAP)
The South College Application Fee is waived for all active duty military members, veterans, their spouses, and their dependent children who receive this Grant.
The South College Military Grant is administered as follows:
- The awarding of the South College Military Grant is available to all veterans and spouses of veterans with an honorable or general- under honorable conditions discharge status, active duty military and spouses, and dependents that are eligible for VA Educational benefits, all subject to the student being able to submit the appropriate military documents to prove eligibility.
- For veterans receiving Chapter 33 benefits at the 100% level, once the annual tuition cap has been reached, the veteran will be certified for the portion of tuition not covered by the Chapter 33 benefits to be covered by Yellow Ribbon and will pay to the account as 50% of the gap in tuition not covered by Chapter 33. The remaining 50% of the tuition gap will be covered by a Yellow Ribbon scholarship posted by the institution. The total amount of tuition, Yellow Ribbon, and Yellow Ribbon scholarship applied to the account will not exceed the total amount of tuition and fees charged for the term.
- Eligibility for this Grant is determined on a term by term basis.
- Students who break enrollment for any reason are subject to updated grant rates as designated by the catalog under which his/her current enrollment falls. The Military Grant is subject to change at the discretion of the college. Awards made to eligible students will not change as long as the student maintains eligibility as outlined above and continued enrollment.
- The South College Military Grant is not retroactive and will be applied to eligible students’ accounts starting Winter quarter 2017.
- The South College Military Grant was created to assist with general student expenses not specific to tuition and fees.
- Students are not eligible to receive more than one institutional grant per term. The student should work with Financial Aid to determine the most beneficial institutional grant to be applied each term. The choice of institutional grant to be applied each term does not render the student as ineligible for other grants in subsequent terms, but does require a student to choose the institutional grant of most benefit each term to be applied to the student account. If a student eligible for multiple institutional grants does not communicate a change in choice from term to term, Financial Aid will continue to award the grant of choice last designated by the student.
- Veterans, active duty military, spouses and/or dependents of veterans eligible for the South College Military Grant are required to provide the necessary documents to bring his/her file into compliance per VA regulations, including but not limited to transcripts or proof of education completed and/or attempted prior to the current enrollment, proof of high school completion, and VA educational benefit specific information as requested by the Office of Financial Aid. This is done to ensure accurate awarding of benefits and the continuation of those benefits after the first term of enrollment. Exceptional circumstances must be approved by the Director of Financial Aid in order for the student to continue being certified each term and for the application of the South College Military Grant to the student’s account.
- Per the Department of Defense guidance regarding disclosing of tuition per credit hour, please see the following tables that list the cost per credit hour based on our block tuition rates. Please note that these tables are provided for the use of our military students using Federal Tuition Assistance in order to communicate tuition rates per credit hour for the purpose of FTA approvals. Click here to view.
South College Military Grant Disbursement Schedule Per Term
Full Time
- $1,000
Half Time/Less Than Half Time
- $500