A Guide to Military Education- The Marine Corp, part 2.

Marine Corps Tuition Assistance

Marine Corps Tuition Assistance (TA): offers financial assistance to service members who elect to pursue Off-Duty or Voluntary Education. Not what your looking for? Try the Marine Corps Education Programs or Top Marine Corps Schools or return to Military Education Guide.

Payment
The Marine Corps maximum amount paid for tuition assistance: 100% Tuition and Fees  not to exceed:

• $250 @ Semester Credit Hour, or
• $166 @ Quarter Credit Hour, and
• $4500 @ Fiscal Year

Application Process

• First-time students must complete a TA Orientation Class PRIOR to using TA.
• Marines at remote sites (non-Marine Corps installations) may access the course by clicking on the TA Orientation link below. All others: Please proceed to your local base Lifelong Learning or Education Office.
• Marines must apply for and receive written authorization for TA through the appropriate education office, PRIOR to enrollment. Use form NETPDTC 1560 at the Marine Corps Community Services Website.
• TA for remote Marines and those assigned to other service sites is processed at Camp Lejeune for those east of the Mississippi and Camp Pendleton for those west of the Mississippi. I-I duty Marines apply through MARFORRES, New Orleans. Recruiters apply via their recruiting district or region headquarters.

The Fine Print

• TA will fund up to 100% of institution charges for tuition, instructional fees, laboratory fees, computer fees and mandatory enrollment fees combined for postsecondary education, from vocational certification through graduate study.
• Once a Marine is enrolled with TA he or she must submit a degree plan before exceeding 12 semester hours.
• TA is not authorized for courses leading to a lateral or lower level degree than you already possess (i.e. second Associate's or Bachelor's degree).
• TA is not authorized for books.
• Officers using TA agree to remain on active duty for two (2) years following the completion of the TA funded course.