Columbia University Student Financial Services

Various Department of Veterans Affairs programs provide educational benefits for sons, daughters, and spouses of deceased or permanently disabled veterans as well as for veterans and in-service personnel who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces after January 1, 1955. In these programs the amount of benefits varies. Under most programs the student pays tuition and fees at the time of registration but receives a monthly allowance from Veterans Affairs.

Most recently, the Post-9/11 GI Bill expanded available educational benefits for those who served on or after September 11, 2001 and their eligible dependents.  More information on these benefits at Columbia is available here.

Since interpretation of regulations governing veterans’ benefits is subject to change, veterans and their dependents should keep in touch with the Department of Veterans Affairs. For additional information and assistance in completing the necessary forms, contact the Department of Veterans Affairs, (800) 827-1000.