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Veteran Assistance Scholarship
D’Youville offers a Veteran Assistance Scholarship to veterans and dependents of veterans to help achieve educational success in undergraduate and master’s degree programs.
The D’Youville Veterans Assistance Scholarship and Veteran Dependents Scholarship are both institutional aid that all eligible recipients qualified will receive on top of any other institutional grants or scholarships they have qualified for said aid year. This scholarship is to be packaged per academic school year as such, (Fall $2500 T&F - Spring $2500 T&F = $5000) for the Veterans Scholarship and (Fall $1500 T&F – Spring $1500 T&F = $3000) for the Dependents Scholarship.
This scholarship is applicable to all programs at D’Youville with the exception of fully-online programs. These programs include the RN-to-BSN, MBA, MS in Nursing Education with a Clinical Focus, MS in Nursing Management and Quality Leadership, and post-master’s Long-Term Care Administration certificate.
Veteran Assistance Scholarship
Veteran Assistance Scholarship
The Veteran Assistance Scholarship is a fixed rate of $5,000.00 off tuition and fees (T&F) per the academic school year. Veterans, service members, reservists, and guardsmen may be eligible for the D’Youville Veterans Assistance Scholarship.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- U.S. military Veteran or active service member as stated above
- The student-veteran must be registered at DYC at least half-time or more (minimum 6 credits per semester for undergraduates and 4.5 credits per semester for graduates).
- The student-veteran must complete the Free Application for Federal Financial Aid From (FAFSA) each year.
- The eligible student-veteran must maintain satisfactory progress in their selected course of study to be considered for financial aid as stated in financial aid policies applicable at D’Youville.
- Students who receive discounted tuition via online programs are not eligible for this program
- The student-veteran must submit a copy of their DD214 Member 4 Copy.
- Must be Honorably Discharged Veteran.
- Submit a current COE, NOBE, military TA, paperwork each semester.
Veteran Dependent Scholarship
Veteran Dependent Scholarship
Dependents of a veteran may be eligible for the D’Youville Veteran Dependents Scholarship that is a fixed rate of $3,000.00 off tuition and fees per the academic school year.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- Submit a copy of the Veterans DD214 Member 4 copy and proof of dependent status (birth certificate, marriage cert or IRS tax form 1040)
- The student-veteran must be registered at DYC at least half-time or more (minimum 6 credits per semester for undergraduates and 4.5 credits per semester for graduates)
- Dependent children must be between the ages of 18 and 26, must be unmarried children.
- Ex-spouses and children no longer defined as dependent according to IRS Tax stipulations are not considered eligible recipients.
- Children of a Veteran, recipients of GI Bill Transfer of Benefits (TOB) who meet eligibility requirements for the Post 9/11 GI Bill will maintain eligibility for this scholarship.
- The student-veteran must complete the Free Application for Federal Financial Aid From (FAFSA) each year.
- The eligible student-veteran must maintain satisfactory progress in their selected course of study to be considered for financial aid as stated in financial aid policies applicable at D’Youville.