Federal Military Tuition Assistance
Mandated by the Department of Defense, this uniform Federal Tuition Assistance (FTA) fiscal policy serves military branches including the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy.
- The FTA program pays for tuition only.
- The FTA pays up to $250 a semester and up to 16 semester hours per fiscal year (the fiscal year ceiling is $4,500).
- FTA payments are limited, per student, to a lifetime total of 130 undergraduate semester hours and 39 graduate semester hours.