Veterans Affairs Information

The Veterans Administration will make a determination of whether or not you qualify for Veterans Benefits. For questions and inquiries regarding VA education benefits, call 1-888-GIBILL1 (1-888- 442-4551) or visit www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/apply.asp

1. If your Transfer of Entitlements (TOE) has been approved, you can apply for VA benefits online at www.vets.gov/education/apply by completing the VA Application (VA Form 22-1990E). For Dependents Educational Assistance (Chapter 35), complete the VA Form 22-5490. Forward Confirmation Email to Campbell University’s Veterans Affairs Office
2. Be sure you have applied to Campbell University by accessing an application at www.campbell.edu.

Go to www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/comparison_tool.asp to view the rates.

Full-time training for undergraduate students is normally 12 credit hours minimum at the main campus or 6 credit hours minimum each term under accelerated terms. Graduate students need to look at their bulletin/catalog to determine the full-time definition. A student who enrolls for less than full-time will have the amount he/she can receive in benefits prorated each month according to how many days of classes are in each individual month.

For additional information on financial aid, visit campbell.edu/financial-aid/ .

Be advised that failure to provide the School’s Veterans Affairs (VA) Office with all required forms and a class schedule in a timely manner may result in a delay of benefits. The sequence of events that will occur in relation to the use of your GI Bill^® Benefits is as follows:

• After you submit your online application for VA benefits, you will receive an email from VA confirming that your application downloaded. Please forward the confirmation email to the Campbell University VA office.
• After your application has been submitted and processed by VA, you will receive a letter entitled “Certificate of Eligibility” (VA award letter). Take a copy to Campbell’s VA Office for your VA file. You can also set up an eBenefits account (Premium) to see all of your certifications, payments, and remaining entitlements.

  Once You Are Certified:

• Included in your VA award letter will be information on verification of attendance. You will continue to receive benefits as long as you keep the certifying official notified of your schedule.
• For Post-9/11 (Chapter 33 students) the book allowance can come at any time during the month. The Housing Allowance payments are normally paid at the end of the month.

  To Keep Your Benefits Running Smoothly:

• Read and familiarize yourself with the Policy and Procedures form. Print the Policy and Procedures page and take a signed copy to the Campbell VA office.
• You MUST provide our office with a copy of your schedule before we will re-certify you for the next semester. Otherwise, YOU WILL NOT BE CERTIFIED. We also post grades and review Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) to ensure you can keep using VA benefits.
• Keep in mind that VA will only pay for courses that are required for graduation as defined by your curriculum and as published in the catalog/bulletin. VA will not pay for non-degree or additional courses.
• In the event you wish to change anything (schedule, major, course(s), address, etc.) or decide to pursue a Double Major or Minor, you must provide our office with a letter of approval, indicating the changes.

The rate of housing allowance is based on three factors:
1. Chapter of benefits being used. 
2. Which campus are you attending.
3. Enrolled as full-time or part-time. 

Chapter 30: Montgomery GI Bill – Active Duty
3+ years of Active Duty
Full time: $2210.00
3/4 time: $16570.50
1/2 time: $1105.00
1/4 time: $552.50

2 years of Active Duty
qualify for a lesser amount. 

Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill
Benefits range from 40%-100% depending on the amount of service on or after 9/11/01

Full FB/P & Buies Creek $1479.00
         Camp Lejeune $1416.00
         Raleigh $1740.00

Full exclusively online training $938.50

Chapter 1606
Fulltime $439.00
3/4 time $329.00
1/2 time $219.00
1/4 time $109.75
No additional amounts for dependents of the payee. 

North Carolina Army NG
ARNG FTA $4500.00 per FY

Chapter 31 VR&E 
Full-time $723.56
3/4 time $543.68
1/2 time $363.77
1/4 time $181.86

Chapter 35 Survivors and Dependents Educational Assistance
Full-time $1401.00
3/4 time $1107.00
1/2 time $812.00
1/4 time $350.25

There are two things that can impact the payment of benefits. The first is prior to the start of a
new semester when the student’s schedule is finalized they need to notify their VA counselor
here at the university. This ensures we are able to certify the courses which releases the funds
to the university and student.
The second is to ensure when the student receives the text notification verifying they are still
enrolled in school they respond. This can freeze funds until the student verifies enrollment. If
this happens you will need to contact the GI BILL HOTLINE at 888-GIBILL-1. 

This can be done thirty days prior to the start of the semester. In order to expedite the process
you will need to send a copy of the finalized schedule to one of the following emails. For
undergraduate programs your advisor is going to be Raven Vaughn rvaughn@campbell.edu
and for Graduate Programs Amanda McRae mcraea@campbell.edu.

You can see how much time is remaining on your education benefits by logging into your VA
account at https://www.va.gov/. Once there you will scroll down to check my 9/11 benefits and
click on it. This will show your remaining time left.

• Read and familiarize yourself with the Policy and Procedures form. Print the Policy and Procedures page and take a signed copy to the CU VA office.
• You MUST provide our office with a copy of your schedule before we will re-certify you for the next semester. Otherwise, YOU WILL NOT BE CERTIFIED. We also post grades and review Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) to ensure you can keep using VA benefits.
• Keep in mind that VA will only pay for courses that are required for graduation as defined by your curriculum and as published in the catalog/bulletin. VA will not pay for non-degree or additional courses.
• In the event you wish to change anything (schedule, major, course(s), address, etc.) or decide to pursue a Double Major or Minor, you must provide our office with a letter of approval, indicating the changes.

Beginning June 29, 2009, service members will go to https://www.va.gov/education/transfer-post-9-11-gi-bill-benefits to complete the application to transfer benefits. 

When the web portal shows the APPROVAL of the transfer, the family member should complete the application (VA Form 22-1990E) on the VA website (https://www.va.gov/education/how-to-apply).

For the 2023-2024 academic year, the cap is $27,120.05

A private school can receive the VA cap each year if the service member is approved at 100% for education benefits. To see the current VA cap or for more information on the Post 9/11 GI Bill® go to https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/post-9-11.

Your school and your program need to be approved. Check that on the VA website. By law, VA is authorized to pay GI Bill® benefits only for classes that are included as part of an approved program of education and count toward the completion of that approved program of education. Also, VA cannot pay benefits for a program if more than 85% of the students in that program are having any portion of the cost paid by the VA or the school. If a program’s enrollment exceeds the 85% limit, only currently enrolled GI Bill® students may continue to use their benefits for it.

Campbell does not require payment upfront for students using CH 33 at 100% or CH 31. However, if eligible at less than 100% or using a different chapter that pays a stipend directly to you will require payment or an approved payment plan before the start of classes.

Under most GI Bill programs, you get 36 months of full-time benefits. If you are training full-time for 4 months you use 4 months of benefits. If you are training at 1/2 time for 4 months, you use 2 months of benefits.

If you change classes or training after the add/drop deadline, you may end up with a debt to VA. You will want to contact Campbell’s VA office to discuss this before making any changes.

• First-time students – submit VA Form 22-1990 (Application for VA Education Benefits) through the www.va.gov website to elect chapter benefits. Provide a copy of the 1990 confirmation number to the Campbell University VA Office.
• Transferring from another school – – you are no longer required to submit a new VA application—Simply notify CU VA Office of your intent to transfer and the intended start term/semester.
• Submit Military transcript (Joint Services Transcript at https://jst.doded.mil/jst/ or CCAF at https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CCAF/documents/CCAF%20Transcript%20Request.pdf.
• Submit a copy of DD-214 (Member 4). Secure Upload Link.
• CH 1606 students should see their Reserve or Guard unit for counseling and make a decision about using Tuition Assistance (TA) and GI Bill.
•  Submit a copy of the Certificate of Eligibility for verification of benefits. This comes directly from the VA by mail approximately 30 days after you apply for your benefits. If coming from a prior school where you used benefits, please just provide your most recent copy.

• Submit VA Form 28-1900 (Vocational Rehabilitation Application) through www.va.gov.
• Submit Military transcript (Joint Services Transcript at https://jst.doded.mil/jst/ or CCAF at https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/CCAF/documents/CCAF%20Transcript%20Request.pdf.
• Purchase Order (Authorization and Certification Status) MUST be received from VRC before certification is submitted

Family Members of 100% Disabled Veterans – Dependents Education Assistance (CH 35)

•  First-time students – submit VA Form 22-5490 (Dependents Application for VA
  Education Benefits) using www.va.gov. Send confirmation number to CU VA Office.
• Transferring from another school – – you are no longer required to submit a new VA application—Simply notify CU VA Office of your intent to transfer and the intended start term/semester. 

Family Members Using Post 9/11 Transferred Benefits (CH 33)

• First-time student – submit VA Form 22-1990e (Application for Family Member to Use
  Transferred Benefits) using www.va.gov. Send confirmation number to CU VA Office.
• Transferring from another school – you are no longer required to submit a new VA application—Simply notify CU VA Office of your intent to transfer and the intended start term/semester.

Both Chapter 35 & Chapter 33

• Students MUST provide Sponsor’s VA File Number or SSN to the CU VA office for initial cert.
• Submit a copy of the Certificate of Eligibility for verification of benefits. This comes directly from the VA by mail approximately 30 days after you apply for your benefits. If coming from a prior school where you used benefits, please provide your most recent copy.