AffordableColleges.com now offers a financial aid resource for veterans as well as active duty military servicemembers. While many opportunities are specific to a particular military branch or terms of service/operations, other military scholarships for veterans and active duty servicemembers are available across all five military branches.
Arizona Tuition and Fees Deferred Payment:
A veteran or eligible dependent who has applied for educational benefits under the G.I. Bill and is attending a state-supported college or university may defer payment of tuition, fees and required books for a period of 120 days with no interest charges. If at the end of such period, VA has not given the person the initial benefit monies for tuition and fees, an extension may be granted until such benefits are received.
Eligibility: An Arizona veteran or an eligible dependent.
Arizona National Guard State Education Priority Reimbursement:
Priority 1 soldiers will receive a maximum of $55.00 per credit hour up to $1,250 per fiscal year. Reimbursement can be used for a bachelor's or lesser degree. Priority 2 is all other soldiers.
Eligibility: National Guard servicemember in Priority 1 are soldiers in pay grade E-1 through E-6 with less than six years service. Priority 2 soldiers will receive any money left after Priority 1 soldiers have been paid. The remaining money will be divided equally among the soldiers on the Priority 2 list. Priority 2 soldiers will be identified three weeks after the start of the second semester.
Arizona National Guard Tuition Assistance:
The maximum amount available per Arizona Air National Guard member for State Education Reimbursement for tuition is $250.00 per semester hour, not to exceed $2,156.00 per semester or $6,500.00 per state fiscal year. The maximum amount available for fees is no more than $500.00 per semester.
Eligibility: National Guard servicemember.
Arizona Department of Veterans' Services
3839 N. 3rd St., No. 209
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Phone: (602) 255-3373