Military Students

Stellar Career College offers academic program services for active-duty military members, veterans, military spouses and dependents. SCC students with

  • Study wherever the military takes you with online or hybrid classes.
  • A staff dedicated to helping military students and veterans get started using their education benefits.
  • The ability to earn credit for military experience and training.
  • Scholarship and tuition assistance cover up to 30 percent of tuition fees.

Financing Your Education

  • Dependents’ Educational Assistance (Ch. 35) (dependents, survivors). Monthly educational benefit entitlement for dependents and survivors of veterans who are 100-percent disabled or who died of a service-connected cause or were a POW or MIA.
  • John David Fry Scholarship (Post-9/11 “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill (dependents) – Tuition and fees (with limits), a monthly living stipend and book allowance to include children of those who died in line of duty after Sept. 10, 2001.
  • Montgomery “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website
    at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill (Ch. 30) (active duty, reservists, veterans) – A monthly educational benefit entitlement dependent on length of military service and student status.
  • Post-9/11 “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill (Ch. 33) (active duty, reservists, veterans) – Tuition and fees (with limits), monthly living stipend and book allowance based on length of service after Sept. 10, 2001.
  • Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP – Ch. 1607) (reservists) – Monthly educational benefit entitlement available to reservists activated after Sept. 11, 2001.
  • Reserve “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered
    by VA is available at the official U.S. government website
    at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill (Ch. 1606) (reservists) – Monthly educational benefit entitlement available to reservists.
  • Transfer of Post-9/11 “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill Benefits to Dependents (TEB) (dependents, survivors) – Educational benefits transferred to spouses or children by eligible service members enrolled in Post-9/11 “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website
    at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill program.
  • Vocational Rehabilitation (Ch. 31) (veterans) – Tuition and fee benefits for those with specific disability ratings by the Department of Veterans Affairs due to service-related injury.

Eligibility

Stellar Career College provides tuition assistance, “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill, and credit transfers for Active Duty Military, families of service members, and Veterans. This institution is approved to offer GI Bill® educational benefits by the Illinois State Approving Agency.

Any veteran who has served at least 90 days of active duty after September 11, 2001, and received an honorable discharge is eligible to take advantage of the Post 9/11 “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill . Veterans who served 30 days but were honorably discharged for a service related disability also qualify for the new “GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government website at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill benefits.