Tuition Assistance

Tuition Assistance (TA) and Deployed TA is available for all active duty Marines. Each member receives $4500 per fiscal year (1 Oct-30 Sep). However, there is a cap of $250 per semester hour, $166.67 per quarter hour, and $16.67 per clock hour. Tuition assistance is also available to Reservists on continuous active duty, enlisted Reservists ordered to active duty 120 days, and to Reservist Officers ordered to active duty for two years or more. The eligibility guidelines are as follows:

Qualifications -

To qualify, service member must:

• Be on active duty for the entire length of the course.

• Attend an institution accredited by a regional, national, or professional accrediting recognized by the Department of Education.

• Provide all grades from TA courses; reimburse all "W" and "F" grades. Withdrawal reasons may be forgiven with command verification and a copy of your orders.

• Agree, if an officer, to remain on active duty for at least two years upon completion of a funded TA course. This OBLISERV runs concurrently with remaining obligated service.

In addition you must have:

• Completed a College 101 orientation class at any duty station. The Education Center provides the College 101 orientation on Tuesdays form 1000-1100 and Thursdays from 1400-1500 on a walk in basis.

• TA authorization prior to beginning of course

• Minimum GT score of 100 (or 10.2 TABE Test)

• No outstanding TA debt

• No outstanding grades

• No disciplinary actions pending

Fees directly required for course enrollment may be combined with tuition. The Marine Corps will only pay fees that are published, mandatory, charged for course enrollment, and reimbursable in the event the student needs to withdraw from the course.


West Coast Deploying Marines
**If you are deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan and want to take college classes, you must submit your TA request through Camp Pendleton.
Phone: DSN: 365-0606 | Commercial (760) 725-0606