MILITARY LIFE

Spouse Tuition Assistance

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) provides financial aid to military spouses and family members.

  • Spouse Tuition Aid Program (STAP) is available to spouses of active duty Navy and Marine Corps personnel in OCONUS locations pursuing full- or part-time enrollments in vocational certification, undergraduate, or graduate degree programs.
  • VADM E.P. Travers Scholarship and Loan Program provides financial assistance to spouses and unmarried dependent children of active duty members as well as unmarried dependent children of retired Marine Corps or Navy members.

For more information, visit the NMCRS website.

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation is a private, non-profit organization that provides scholarship opportunities for dependent children of Marines for pursuit of higher education opportunities.

The American Legion publishes a scholarship and financial aid handbook.  The handbook, Need a Lift, provides information and resources to existing sources of aid throughout the nation.  Click here to visit their website, or write:  The American Legion, P.O. Box 1055, Indianapolis, IN  46206 to obtain additional information.

Marine Corps installations offer counseling (dependent on staffing), financial aid, employee education benefits, testing and college information for military family members.  Some spouse benefits, such as in-state tuition and financial aid, are dependent on state law where the installation is located.  To discover the services available at your location, contact your local education center.  Click here to check out additional financial aid resources at the Department of Education website.