State Veteran Benefits Mid-Atlantic

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Click on the State below for information about GI Bill Benefits in that state.

Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia

Maryland

No specific education benefits.

Check out our Maryland veterans benefits page to see what other state benefits you may be eligible for.

North Carolina

A four-year scholarship program at approved schools in North Carolina has been established for the qualifying natural or adopted (before age 15) children of certain class categories of deceased, disabled, combat, or POW/MIA veterans.

Check out our North Carolina veterans benefits page to see what other state benefits you may be eligible for.

South Carolina

Education Assistance (Fee tuition for certain veteran's children) 
Provides for free tuition to the children of certain war veterans attending South Carolina state supported colleges and universities as well as state supported post high school technical education institutions. Certain residency requirements apply.

Check out our South Carolina veterans benefits page to see what other state benefits you may be eligible for.

Virginia

Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program
The Military Survivors and Dependents Program (MSDEP) provides educations benefits to spouses and children of military service members killed, missing in action, taken prisoner, or who became at least 90 percent disabled as a result of military service in an armed conflict. Military service includes service in the United States Armed Forces, United States Armed Forces Reserves, the Virginia National Guard, or the Virginia National Guard Reserves. Armed conflict includes military operations against terrorism or as the result of a terrorist act, a peace-keeping mission, or any armed conflict after December 6, 1941. This program may pay for tuition of fee at any state-supported college or university in Virginia. Benefits are available for up to 36 months.

Check out our Virginia veterans benefits page to see what other state benefits you may be eligible for.

West Virginia

State War Orphans Education
Provides for a waiver of tuition and registration fees in a state supported college or university for children between the ages of sixteen and twenty-three whose veteran parent served in World War I, World War II, Korean Conflict, Vietnam Era or any time of conflict as declared by Congress.  Parent must have died in such wartime period, or, if subsequent to discharge, death must have been the result of disability incurred in such wartime service.

Veterans Re-Education Act Fund 
The West Virginia Legislature provides tuition assistance to those veterans who need a new vocation due to dislocation or unemployment. Veteran must have exhausted the G. I. Bill and be in need of tuition assistance.

Medal of Honor & Purple Heart Tuition Waivers
All public institutions of higher education waive tuition and mandatory fee charges for West Virginia residents who have been awarded the Medal of Honor or Purple Heart.

Check out our West Virginia veterans benefits page to see what other state benefits you may be eligible for.

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