Great News! We at the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) are excited to share with you information about opportunities for active-duty military, veterans, and their families at Wisconsin’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities. Please help us raise awareness about these opportunities in honor and celebration of Veterans Day/Remembrance Day on Tuesday, November 11, and year-round.
Interested in learning more about our Veterans’ resources or speaking with a veteran certifying official at Wisconsin’s Private Colleges? Please check out these Veterans resources on our website.
Veterans Grant Available for Students Attending Wisconsin’s Private, Nonprofit Schools
- The Wisconsin Veterans Grant for Private, Nonprofit Schools is a State of Wisconsin veterans benefit available to qualified veterans, as well as certain spouses and children of qualified veterans, for use at Wisconsin private, nonprofit higher educational institutions.
- Dependent children of qualified veterans must be at least 17 but not yet 26 years of age to qualify.
- The Wisconsin Veterans Grant for Private, Nonprofit Schools includes a maximum grant per semester/session (including summer) for qualifying veterans, spouses, or dependents, with a per semester/session matching grant from the participating college or university.
- Grants apply toward bachelor’s and graduate degree programs at Wisconsin’s participating private, nonprofit colleges and universities.
- For qualifying veterans, spouses, and dependents, this grant covers the lesser of $2,000 per semester OR 50% of tuition (minus applicable federal education benefits).
- Those eligible may receive a maximum of eight semesters of grant funding or 128 credits, whichever is longer, less any Wisconsin GI bill benefits already received at public institutions.
- The Wisconsin Veterans Grant for Private, Nonprofit Schools is a collaboration between the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board, which administers the program, and the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, which acts as the certifying agency and determines a veteran’s eligibility for the program.
- To apply, veterans may visit the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board
website.
More information is available at Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs website for eligibility determinations for the grant.
Joint Commitment to Accept Student Military Transfer Credit At WAICU-Member Colleges and Universities
WAICU-member colleges and universities are committed to ensuring that both active duty and military veterans receive the appropriate college credit for military education and training as applicable to their programs of study.
The WAICU-member colleges and universities participating in this commitment evaluate basic and advanced military training on the Joint Services Transcript using the American Council on Education (ACE), A Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services, to help interpret and recommend credit for college courses.
