Excelsior and the MGIB

[Cold_navy]

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to let the servicemembers out there know that the enrollment, annual, and graduation fees at Excelsior College can be paid for by the Montgomery GI Bill. I did not know about it until a few months after I enrolled, but fortunately I was not too late to apply for it.

There's a pdf file on Excelsior's website titled "Veterans Administration Benefits Summary" that explains how to apply for it. When I first enrolled in the college, I was expecting to pay $1400 out-of-pocket to enroll and to graduate but I'll end up paying nothing (well, I did pay $1200 for the MGIB itself).

Anyways, don't let your benefits slip by...

As an active duty service member (US Navy), I only needed to pay the $150 fee for my AA from Excelsior (this covered enrolment and graduation). For my BS, I paid the $175 enrolment fee and will need to pay the $175 for graduation, for a grand total of $500. I have been enrolled at Excelsior for over a year and was told by both Navy College and Excelsior that the annual enrolment fee is waved for Active Duty. I saw where they list a discount, but never really asked why I didn't have to pay it once I was told it was waved.

For active duty we pay:
AA: $150.00 <-- Enrolment and Grad Fee
BS: $350.00 <-- Enrolment and Grad Fee
Credit Hour: $205 <-- $615 per class (TA covers $4500 per year)
Annual Fee: None
CLEP/DSST/ECE: Free

$500 is a lot of money, but broken up into four payments, I didn't find it worth dipping into my MGIB.

Are there any Military out there that are paying the Annual Fee?