Tuition Assistance

You're Covered!

  • Tuition Assistance (TA is the Navy's educational financial assistance program. It provides active duty personnel funding for tuition costs for courses taken in an off-duty status at a college, university or vocational/technical institution, whose regional or national accreditation is recognized by the Department of Education.
  • Navy TA pays for both classroom and independent study or Distance Learning courses, regardless of course length. Courses must be offered in semester hours, quarter hours, or clock hours. The credit earned must show on the institution's transcript.
  • All Navy Tuition Assistance pays up-front the tuition and fees charged by educational institutions for course enrollments. Navy TA pays 100 percent of tuition costs for courses applicable to the completion of a high school diploma or equivalency certificate.
  • For other educational levels, there is a fiscal year credit limit of 16 semester hours, 24 quarter hours, or 240 clock hours per individual. (Waiver requests cannot exceed the FY $4500 DoD program limit.) Payment for tuition and fees cannot exceed the following caps:
    • $250.00 per semester hour
    • $166.67 per quarter hour
    • $16.67 per clock hour

Tuition at Dallas TeleCollege

Since all of our tuition rates, from in-county to out-of-country, fall within these maximums, you're 100 percent covered! See our Tuition Rates and Military Residency Definitions for more information.

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