Education Benefits Planner

Estimate Post-9/11 GI Bill tuition, Monthly Housing Allowance, book stipend, and Tuition Assistance. GI Bill values are prorated by eligibility tier and remaining entitlement months, using VA's 2025-2026 private-school cap.

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GI Bill Estimator Inputs

Current setting: 36 months, granting you 100% of the total benefit.

A standard academic year is modeled as 9 charged months.

MHA is based on the BAH rate for Camp Pendleton, CA.

Benefit covers up to 100% of in-state tuition.

Enter the school's sticker price for a full year.

Full-time status maximizes your monthly housing payment.

Tuition Assistance (TA) Inputs

Annual cap is $4,500.

USMC pays up to $250/credit hour.

This is the sticker price for a single class.

Official Sources

Education-benefit values use local model constants and station BAH approximations. These official references anchor GI Bill and Tuition Assistance assumptions.