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CONTACT INFORMATION

NC Veterans Representative

Phone: (903) 875-7347

Email Veterans Office

Department of  Veteran Affairs

125 South Main Street

Muskogee, OK 74401

Education

Phone: 1.888.442.4551

Verification of Attendance

Phone: 1.877.823.2378

Direct Deposit

Phone: 1.877.828.2778

Other VA Benefits

Phone: 1.800.827.1000

VA Facsimile (Fax)

Phone: 1.918.781.7863

Semester Enrollment Rules

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All Veteran students must follow courses on his or her degree plan. In order to be considered a full-time Veterans Affairs (VA) student and receive full-time VA benefits (maximum pay), he or she must be enrolled as follows:

 

Fall and Spring Semesters

OPTION 

16-WEEK CLASSES

8-WEEK CLASSES

12-WEEK CLASSES

OPTION 1

Student must be enrolled in

12+ credit hours

    

OPTION 2

Student must be enrolled in

8+ credit hours AND

4+ credit hours

(Can be First 8-week classes or Second 8-week classes)

  

OPTION 3

Student must be enrolled in

  

6+ credit hours

(Can be First 8-week classes or Second 8-week classes)

  

OPTION 4

Student must be enrolled in

    

8+ credit hours

 

 

Summer Semester

OPTION 

12-WEEK CLASSES

6-WEEK CLASSES

OPTION 1

Student must be enrolled in

12+ credit hours

  

OPTION 2

Student must be enrolled in

3+ credit hours AND

3+ credit hours each

(Must be First 8-week classes and Second 8-week classes)

OPTION 3

Student must be enrolled in

  

6+ credit hours each

(Must be First 8-week classes and Second 8-week classes)

 

 

Note

  • Veteran students who are using Federal Education Benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs VA must request for their courses to be certified by fill out the VA Enrollment Certification.

  • Veteran students can only be certified for courses that are on his/her degree plan unless he/she is in the last semester before graduation.

    (i.e. All required courses have been fulfilled on said degree plan). In the event that a veteran student is in the last semester before graduation, he/she is authorized to take courses outside of said degree plan in order to full-time status.

  • Veteran students can only be certified for repeat courses if the course was failed with an “F” grade, unless he/she is in the last semester before graduation. In the event that a veteran student is in the last semester before graduation, he/she is authorized to repeat courses that have met graduation requirements.

  • The VA will not fund any remedial courses that are taken online. All remedial courses must be taken in the classroom.

  • Please be advised that hybrid courses will have to be reported to the VA as online courses and can affect your pay if you collect a monthly housing allowance.

 

 

 

 

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website.