College Tool

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP. College Tool does not represent any government entity, including VA and DoD, and it is not an official source. VA decides eligibility and benefits. Official sources are listed below. College Tool shows a military family how the Post-9/11 GI Bill®, Chapter 35 DEA, the Fry Scholarship and the Yellow Ribbon Program fit into one plan: which benefit is used when, one after another, and what that order changes. The order a family uses its VA education benefits in can change the total by thousands of dollars. College Tool maps that order, phase by phase, across a real college plan: stateside, overseas, or both in sequence. And it shows its work. Every rate in College Tool points back to its official VA source, so a family can check it and do the math themselves. REAL HOUSING MATH, BAH BY ZIP CODE The GI Bill housing allowance (the BAH-based monthly housing allowance, or MHA) runs off the school's zip code, on currently published rates. A cost-of-living estimator sits beside it, with rent, food, transportation, utilities and the rest, so a family can see whether the housing allowance covers real living costs before committing to a school. SCHOOL SEARCH BY STATE OR SHORT NAME Browse any state, or type a school, a city, or the short name families actually use: FSU, UGA, Ole Miss. Every VA-approved school in the list carries its housing figure, its Yellow Ribbon participation, and any VA caution flag, with a link to that school on the VA Comparison Tool. BUILT FOR MILITARY FAMILIES For Veterans, active duty, Guard and Reserve, and their families: service members deciding whether to transfer the Post-9/11 GI Bill to a spouse or child, spouses and dependents using transferred benefits, children and spouses of the fallen on the Fry Scholarship, and families with Chapter 35 DEA. FREE TO START - College Tool is free to download and use with no account, and five states are fully searchable free: Georgia, Kentucky, Colorado, South Carolina and Oklahoma. - The GI Bill and Fry Scholarship math, transferred GI Bill benefits, and your own scholarships, in those five states. - The cost-of-living estimator, school search in those five states, and a printed plan with every official reference, for your records and review. - Every figure linked to its official VA source. THE FULL PLANNER, ONE PURCHASE A one-time purchase unlocks the full phase approach. It does not renew. - The phase approach: plan the order your benefits are used, one after another, phase by phase, across a real college plan. - Every state and the top 50 overseas options. - Chapter 35 (DEA) benefits. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. What you type stays on your phone unless you share it. OFFICIAL SOURCES - Post-9/11 GI Bill: https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/post-9-11/ - Rates and housing allowance: https://www.va.gov/education/benefit-rates/post-9-11-gi-bill-rates/ - Transferring benefits: https://www.va.gov/education/transfer-post-9-11-gi-bill-benefits/ - Yellow Ribbon Program: https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/post-9-11/yellow-ribbon-program/ - Fry Scholarship: https://www.va.gov/family-and-caregiver-benefits/education-and-careers/fry-scholarship/ - Chapter 35 DEA: https://www.va.gov/family-and-caregiver-benefits/education-and-careers/dependents-education-assistance/ - Schools and caution flags: https://www.va.gov/education/gi-bill-comparison-tool/ - Month limits, 38 CFR 21.4020: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-38/chapter-I/part-21/subpart-D/section-21.4020 Independent planning tool from We Got You 1776, LLC. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the U.S. Department of Defense. Not financial, legal, tax, or benefits advice. 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 benefits.va.gov/gibill.