GI Bill-Approved Schools
12,000+ GI Bill-approved institutions indexed, from 4-year universities and community colleges to vocational schools, on-the-job training and apprenticeships. Listings come from VA's GI Bill Comparison Tool open data at city level; confirm current approval status in VA's tool before you enroll.
12,752 schools and training programs listed across 56 states and territories.
Check the Comparison Tool before enrolling: housing rates, graduation rates and outcomes vary widely between schools.
Eligibility
- Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33): at least 90 days of active duty on or after September 11, 2001 (the full benefit takes 36 months), or a Purple Heart or a service-connected discharge after 30 continuous days.
- Montgomery GI Bill — Active Duty (Chapter 30): generally at least 2 years of active duty, with $1,200 paid in during your first year.
- Montgomery GI Bill — Selected Reserve (Chapter 1606): 6-year Reserve/Guard commitment.
- Veteran Readiness and Employment (Chapter 31): a VA service-connected disability rating of at least 10% and no dishonorable discharge; a VR&E counselor decides entitlement.
How to check if a school is GI Bill approved
Look the school up in VA's GI Bill Comparison Tool. It shows whether the school and its programs are approved, which benefits apply, and the tuition and housing rates. Then ask the school certifying official (usually in the veterans or financial aid office) to confirm your specific program is approved before you enroll. A school can be approved for some programs and not others.
What GI Bill approval covers
Approval is not limited to four-year colleges. Depending on your benefit it can include community colleges, vocational and technical schools, flight training, correspondence and online programs, licensing and certification tests, and on-the-job training and apprenticeships with approved employers.
Yellow Ribbon schools
The Yellow Ribbon Program can help pay higher out-of-state, private, foreign or graduate school tuition and fees that the Post-9/11 GI Bill does not cover. You must qualify at the 100% benefit level and the school must take part in the program.
Do Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits expire?
It depends on when your active service ended. If it ended before January 1, 2013, Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits expire 15 years after your last separation. If it ended on or after January 1, 2013, they do not expire (Forever GI Bill).
Browse by state
Choose a state for its veteran resource hub. To see the schools themselves, search by ZIP code with our GI Bill schools near me tool, or use the official VA GI Bill Comparison Tool, which shows current approval status, tuition and housing rates.
- Alabama (213 listed)
- Alaska (18 listed)
- American Samoa (2 listed)
- Arizona (175 listed)
- Arkansas (216 listed)
- California (701 listed)
- Colorado (235 listed)
- Connecticut (129 listed)
- Delaware (30 listed)
- District of Columbia (43 listed)
- Florida (673 listed)
- Georgia (531 listed)
- Guam (3 listed)
- Hawaii (56 listed)
- Idaho (76 listed)
- Illinois (762 listed)
- Indiana (322 listed)
- Iowa (99 listed)
- Kansas (155 listed)
- Kentucky (186 listed)
- Louisiana (364 listed)
- Maine (138 listed)
- Maryland (267 listed)
- Massachusetts (253 listed)
- Michigan (311 listed)
- Minnesota (244 listed)
- Mississippi (115 listed)
- Missouri (376 listed)
- Montana (68 listed)
- Nebraska (106 listed)
- Nevada (70 listed)
- New Hampshire (121 listed)
- New Jersey (309 listed)
- New Mexico (122 listed)
- New York (682 listed)
- North Carolina (298 listed)
- North Dakota (51 listed)
- Northern Mariana Islands (1 listed)
- Ohio (412 listed)
- Oklahoma (327 listed)
- Oregon (92 listed)
- Pennsylvania (525 listed)
- Puerto Rico (90 listed)
- Rhode Island (54 listed)
- South Carolina (246 listed)
- South Dakota (109 listed)
- Tennessee (268 listed)
- Texas (979 listed)
- U.S. Virgin Islands (2 listed)
- Utah (97 listed)
- Vermont (28 listed)
- Virginia (387 listed)
- Washington (221 listed)
- West Virginia (115 listed)
- Wisconsin (248 listed)
- Wyoming (29 listed)