Veterans’ education benefits in 2015–16

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In 2015–16, 43 percent of military undergraduates and 36 percent of military graduate students received veterans’ education benefits. The new NCES Statistics in Brief report, Veterans’ Education Benefits: A Profile of Military Students Who Received Federal Veterans’ Education Benefits in 2015–16, examines the six percent of undergraduate students and seven percent of graduate students in 2015–16 who were veterans, on active duty, in the reserves, or in the National Guard. The report offers data about veterans’ education benefits, including the average amount received and the demographic and enrollment characteristics of those who did and did not receive these benefits. The findings include the following: Military undergraduates received an average of approximately $15,100 ($8,000 excluding housing) and military graduate students received an average of approximately $16,300 ($10,400 excluding housing) in veterans’ education benefits. Seventy-eight percent of military undergraduates who received veterans' education benefits were male, compared to 73 percent of military undergraduates who did not receive veterans' education benefits Over half (52 percent) of military undergraduates who received veterans’ education benefits attended school exclusively full time. Among military undergraduates who did not receive these benefits, over half (53 percent) attended school exclusively part time. This report uses data from the 2015–16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16).