Veteran's Benefits
Using Your Benefits at Colorado College
Any questions regarding using your Veteran's Benefit can be directed to Ashley Belton, School Certifying Official (SCO) for Colorado College. Her role is to verify your enrollment at CC to the VA in order for you to receive your educational tuition assistance. If you need further financial planning support, Associate Director of Financial Aid Operations, Libby Fletcher, is another great contact on campus to get to know.
As VA students, your responsibility is to notify your SCO if any of the following occur as these can impact how the VA reimburses you:
- Increase/decrease in registered credit hours
- Withdraw from a class
- Withdraw from the College
- Change of Address
- Receive a non-passing grade (Y, NC, WF) or incomplete grade (I)
- Attend a non-CC led study abroad program
Most answers to questions concerning your individual benefits can be found at www.gibill.va.gov.
The VA benefits cap for the 2026-27 academic year for private colleges is $30,908.34 per year.
The VA benefits cap for the 2025-26 academic year for private colleges was $29,920.95 per year.
All admitted students eligible to receive VA Education Benefits must submit the following to the school's SCO prior to the start of each semester:
- Your Certificate of Eligibility (C.O.E.) - ordered directly through the VA site
- Application for Veteran Education Benefits & Statement of Understanding - internal adobesign application
*PLEASE NOTE* Applications received after the semester has begun will be applicable for the following semester.
Thank you for submitting your paperwork! Once your Certificate of Eligibility "COE", Application for Veteran Education Benefits, and Statement of Understanding are received, a record is created on your behalf in VA's online certification portal called "Enrollment Manager". This is a secure, web-based platform used by school certifying officials to submit and manager enrollment certifications. Your upcoming semester's enrollment will further be submitted to the VA within a 25-day window from the start of your first block in the upcoming semester. Subsequent "re-certification" is further made directly following each Block's drop period.
Enrollment certifications are submitted to the VA in the month prior to each semester: August for Fall, January for Spring, and June for Summer upon request as Summer is a non-mandatory semester.
VA also requires the benefit user to verify their enrollment on a monthly schedule. This requirement began in 2021 with CH33 benefit users and has since expanded to the remaining education beneficiaries. Please anticipate a shared responsibility to confirm your enrollment to the VA. Understand how to verify your enrollment to the VA through the VA Enrollment Verification Page.
As VA students, your responsibility is to notify your SCO (School Certifying Official) if any of the following occur as these can impact how the VA reimburses you:
- Increase/decrease in registered credit hours
- Withdraw from a class
- Withdraw from the College
- Change of Address
- Receive a non-passing grade (Y, NC, WF) or incomplete grade (I)
- Attend a non-CC led study abroad program
Most answers to questions concerning your individual benefits can be found at www.gibill.va.gov.
*PLEASE NOTE* The V.A. also requires that students receiving Veteran Education Benefits must declare a major before they begin their junior year. This aligns with CC policy: Majors and Minors Policy
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YELLOW RIBBON PROGRAM
Colorado College offers 11 undergraduates $7000 matched by the VA's contribution of $7,000 (total of $14,000)
Beginning with the 2013-14 Academic Year, Colorado College agreed to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students must complete the Application for Veteran Education Benefits and the Statement of Understanding linked above and submit to the Certifying Official in the Registrar's Office along with their Certificate of Eligibility ordered from the VA website (https://benefits.va.gov/gibill/).
New students to the program will be accepted on a first come/first serve basis or placed on a waitlist, if necessary. Only admitted students' applications will be accepted or placed on the waitlist.
Who Is Not Eligible for Yellow Ribbon Benefits?
- Active duty members are not eligible for Yellow Ribbon
- Spouses of active duty service members are not eligible for Yellow Ribbon
For more information on your eligibility to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program, please review the following link: Yellow Ribbon Program Eligibility
Colorado College offers 3 graduate students $5,000 matched by the VA's contribution of $5,000, (total $10,000)
Beginning with the 2013-14 Academic Year, Colorado College agreed to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students must complete the Application for Veteran Education Benefits and the Statement of Understanding linked above and submit to the Certifying Official in the Registrar's Office along with their Certificate of Eligibility ordered from the VA website (https://benefits.va.gov/gibill/).
New students to the program will be accepted on a first come/first serve basis or placed on a waitlist, if necessary. Only admitted students' applications will be accepted or placed on the waitlist.
Who Is Not Eligible for Yellow Ribbon Benefits?
- Active duty members are not eligible for Yellow Ribbon
- Spouses of active duty service members are not eligible for Yellow Ribbon
For more information on your eligibility to participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program, please review the following link: Yellow Ribbon Program Eligibility
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