Enrollment & Certification

Follow These Steps

1. Go to the GI Bill® Comparison Tool to calculate your benefits and research approved programs.
2. Apply to the VA to establish your eligibility for education benefits. Once the VA has processed your application, you will receive notification stating what you are eligible for.
3. Apply to Baker University.
4. Submit the Military Supporting Documentation form.  
5. Submit the Enrollment Certification Request for VA Education Benefits form.

When your enrollment is certified to the VA, you will receive an email confirmation of receipt from the VA.

Eligibility & Rate of Pursuit

• Baker University does not determine your eligibility; VA officials determine the type and amount of benefits for which you may qualify.
• Baker University does not determine the rate of pursuit for undergraduate students; VA officials do.
• Baker University does, however, determine the rate of pursuit for graduate students based on VA-approved calculations. For an estimate of what your rate of pursuit will be, enter the dates of your nonstandard terms in this credit hour equivalency form.

Verifying Attendance to the VA

Attendance Verification Requirement

Students using the following programs must report school attendance to the VA on the last day of each month in order to receive payment.

• Montgomery GI Bill® – Active Duty | CH.30
• Montgomery GI Bill® – Selected Reserve | Ch. 1606
• Reserve Educational Assistance Program | CH. 1607

Verify attendance online or call 1.877.823.2378.

No Attendance Verification Requirement

You are not required to verify monthly attendance if you are using one of the following programs:

• Post 9/11 GI Bill®  (CH.33)
• Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance (CH. 35)
• VA Vocational Rehabilitation (CH. 31)

Schedule Changes for Current Students

The following changes to your schedule must be reported to the VA:

• Add or drop courses
• Change cohorts (SPGS/GSOE students)
• Withdraw from Baker

Changes in enrollment can result in an overpayment that will be determined by the VA.

All VA students who make a schedule change must complete the
 Schedule Change form.

This is in addition to all other enrollment change or withdrawal policies and processes in place at Baker University.

VA Education Payments

Baker is one of America’s Top Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities according to Military Advanced Education magazine.

Baker offers a tuition discount to students enrolled in a degree program at the School of Professional and Graduate Studies and in the Master of Science in Nursing program. 

Baker is one of America’s Top Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities according to Military Advanced Education magazine.

Baker offers a 25% tuition discount to active duty, Reserves, or National Guard members who are enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.

Submit a copy of current orders or a letter from a commanding officer verifying status to the VA certifying official.

Students who are active duty, in the Reserves or National Guard can qualify for a flat tuition rate of $250 per credit hour.

• Submit a copy of current orders or a letter from a commanding officer verifying status to the VA certifying official

Spouses of service members who are active duty, in the Reserves or National Guard can qualify for a 25% reduction of the standard tuition rate.

• Submit a copy of the spouse’s current orders or a letter from a commanding officer verifying status to the VA certifying official.

Unmarried biological, step-children and adopted children until age 21 (or 23 if in college) of Active Duty, Reservist, or National Guard can receive a 10% discount. Eligibility ends on the dependent child’s 23rd birthday or when he or she is out of school, whichever comes first.

1. 1. Submit a copy of the parent’s current orders or a letter from a commanding officer verifying status to the VA certifying official at Baker
   2. Submit a birth certificate or driver’s license to show proof of age

Students who are veterans can qualify for a 10% reduction of the standard tuition rate.

• • Submit a copy of a DD-214 to the VA certifying official

Veterans will be extended a 25% discount if he/she started their program while they were Active Duty, Reservist or National Guard.

If you are using tuition assistance through the military, you must submit an approved TA authorization form to your Baker University accounting representative on or before the payment deadline for each course.

If your education service officer requests a signed program plan of study, contact the VA certifying official to obtain this document: Jesse Cardens
jesse.cardens@bakerU.edu
913.344.1256 | Fax 913.491.0470

Each branch of service has its own rules and methods of applying for tuition assistance. Contact your unit for application assistance.

Request Tuition Assistance Through GoArmyEd

View the PowerPoint tutorial and learn how.

Kansas National Guard Tuition Assistance Deadlines

Please refer to the Board of Regents website for application deadlines: www.kansasregents.org/scholarships_and_grants.