Veteran’s Educational Assistance

The Veterans Administration (VA) determines the eligibility of students requesting Veterans Educational benefits. The VA Certification Official processes necessary documentation, provides guidance in obtaining benefits, certifies enrollment and monitors student academic progress.

VA benefits are available to eligible veterans, spouses, and children of certain categories of living and deceased veterans and to certain active duty military personnel, reservists, and National Guard members.

To be eligible for educational benefits, the student must be enrolled in an approved curriculum, taking only the coursework required for graduation within the student’s declared program of study. Students must maintain satisfactory academic progress. In order to qualify for VA benefits, BCC must be in receipt of official copies of all high school and college transcripts. Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 in order to be eligible to receive VA benefits. Recipients of VA educational benefits whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.0 will be placed on academic probation for the subsequent semester. If the cumulative GPA remains below 2.0, the student will no longer be eligible to receive VA educational benefits.

Students may apply for VA educational benefits online through the following website: https://benefitsva.gov/BENEFITS/Applying.asp 

It is the responsibility of the student receiving VA benefits to inform the BCC VA Certification Official when any class is dropped or of any other changes. Failure to do so could result in a delay in VA educational benefit payments to the student or in the suspension of the student's certification to receive VA educational benefits.

More information can be found at: http://www.bladencc.edu/campus-resources/veteran-services/.