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Drexel Verterans Association

On March 6th, 2011 the Drexel Veterans Association was fully recognized as a chapter of the Student Veterans of America! The Drexel Veterans Association is an organization striving to enhance campus life for student military affiliated personnel in a variety of ways. It is an outlet to outreach and identify the needs and future goals of our Veteran students and ROTC students. The club should also serve as a resource for collaboration and communication between the military personnel and other students. For more information, please visit the Drexel Veterans Association website.

Click here for more information regarding Drexel University Online and the Post 9/11-GI Bill Yellow Ribbon program.

Drexel Online, Featured on MSNBC, Named Military-Friendly School 2011

For the second year in a row, Drexel University Online was named a “Military Friendly School” by G.I. Jobs, a premier media outlet for military transitioners.

This list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s veterans as students.

“The Military Friendly Schools list is the gold standard in letting veterans know which schools will offer them the greatest opportunity, flexibility and overall experience,” says Derek Blumke, president of Student Veterans of America and a member of the list’s Academic Advisory Board.

The list was compiled through exhaustive research starting last April, during which G.I. Jobs polled more than 7,000 schools nationwide.

Drexel is committed to higher education for members of the military, offering a wide range of flexibility and support for active and veteran servicemen and women. Yellow Ribbon-eligible members of the military can enroll in any Drexel degree program--including programs offered through Drexel Online--tuition-free, with no enrollment caps, regardless of campus or degree program. In addition, Drexel offers scholarships and/or tuition discounts for military students, veterans and military dependents.

Read the full release from the Drexel News Bureau.

See "Back to school for the troops" segment from MSNBC.

Drexel named "Military Friendly School"

Drexel recognizes and appreciates the service and sacrifices of our nation’s active and veteran military personnel. That’s why we offer a number of programs that make it as convenient as possible for servicemen and women and their families to advance their education. In fact, G.I. Jobs magazine recently recognized our efforts by naming Drexel a Military Friendly School for 2010. This distinction is reserved for universities whose policies reflect a high level of commitment to recruiting and educating active and veteran members of the U.S. military.

According to a news release issued by G.I. Jobs, the list was compiled through exhaustive research starting last May during which G.I. Jobs polled more than 7,000 schools nationwide. Methodology, criteria and weighting for the list were developed with the assistance of an Academic Advisory Committee (AAC) consisting of educators and administrators from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Toledo, Duquesne University, Coastline Community College and Lincoln Technical Institute.

Drexel offers the following programs specifically for military and veteran students:

Post 9/11 GI Bill Yellow Ribbon Program – Drexel is among a small group of universities with no cap on the number of veterans who may enroll through the Yellow Ribbon Program, which provides tuition-free education to eligible veterans. Find out more on the GI Bill website.

Military Tuition Reduction – Active military personnel, veterans, and their immediate families are eligible for a 10–30% tuition reduction.* Find out more about our special tuition rates and financing options.

Undergraduate Credit for Military Learning - Drexel awards undergraduate credits for military experience or classes that have been evaluated for college equivalency by the American Council on Education. To request your military transcripts, please visit the American Council on Education's transcript service. Credits will be evaluated by an advisor to determine which credits transfer.

DANTES Assistance – Drexel's online programs are listed in the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) catalog, which enables students to receive tuition reimbursement support available under DANTES for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Army Reserves, Air Force Reserves and the Air National Guard.

Find out more about Drexel Online's military programs.

*Tuition reduction is off the regular tuition rate at Drexel University and cannot be combined with any other discount. Tuition reductions are not available retroactively.

A Drexel Education More Attainable than Ever for Military Vets

The Post-9/11 GI Bill, which will go into effect in August 2009, introduced some of the most robust education assistance to military veterans ever provided by the federal government. Under the new legislation, eligible servicemen and women can receive funding equivalent to the highest undergraduate tuition and fees rates at a public college or university within a particular state. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released a preliminary list of colleges participating in the Yellow Ribbon Program, a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.

The program allows colleges to enter into dollar-for-dollar matching agreements with the federal government to pay veterans' educational costs above those covered by the base GI Bill benefit. Participating schools decide how much they are willing to contribute toward the program - up to 50% of additional costs - and the federal government matches this contribution dollar-for-dollar.

For example, in the state of Pennsylvania, eligible veterans can receive up to $700 per credit hour and a maximum $8,205 in fees per term. In New Jersey, the maximum is $437.50 per credit hour and $5,102 in fees. Click here for a complete list of in-state tuition costs and fees.

Drexel is proud to be included on the list of 1165 U.S. colleges and universities participating in the program.

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Click here for more information on the military benefits offered by Drexel University Online