Using Your Benefits
Information for new military affiliated students at UT Tyler
The Office of Military & Veterans Affairs provides expert support in two key areas: VA enrollment certification and Hazlewood Act eligibility determination. Questions regarding financial information are handled by Financial Aid and Scholarships or Student Business Services
By focusing on these essential functions, we ensure accurate, timely processing of your education benefits while connecting you with the campus resources that support your overall success. Our goal is simple: make navigating your benefits clear and dependable so you can stay focused on your academic and professional goals at UT Tyler.
Federal/State Education Benefits
Additional information on available benefits can be found at the links below:
Getting Started
Students must complete the steps below to begin receiving their benefits. Benefit documents are NOT accepted via email.
- Complete the Military & Veterans Affairs (MVA) Orientation: All military affiliated students must complete the MVA orientation via Canvas.
- All undergraduate students-freshman and transfer MUST complete New Patriot Orientation (NPO) prior to receiving access to the MVA Canvas site.
- Those attending in person will receive access instructions during their Freshman or Transfer Orientation session.
- Those completing NPO online must forward proof of completion to military@uttyler.edu.
- Graduate students will email your class schedule to military@uttyler.edu to receive access.
- Students reenrolling at UT Tyler after a break of a year or more will email your class schedule to military@uttyler.edu to receive access.
- All undergraduate students-freshman and transfer MUST complete New Patriot Orientation (NPO) prior to receiving access to the MVA Canvas site.
- Submit Your Certification Request.
- Certification requests are submitted once per academic year and cover all enrollments during that time (e.g., Fall 2025 through Summer 2026). The certification request is completed in Canvas AFTER your orientation has been completed.
- Certification requests should be submitted by August 1 to avoid any payment delays.
Important Policies
- The Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement
Act of 2020 requires educational institutions to make certain disclosures to students using federal
military and/or VA educational benefits. You can access a personalized data sheet
by visiting the THECB Net Price Calculator and selecting The University of Texas at Tyler. Additional financial information
can be found at the NCES College Navigator site.
- Students using Post-9/11 benefits are initially certified without tuition and fees.
Tuition and fees are sent to the VA approximately one (1) month after the start of
the fifteen week session term start date.
- Federal law requires that a tuition deferment be placed on students using Chapter
31 benefits, as well as those those using Chapter 33 benefits at the 100% level, once the student's certification request has been received. This hold defers your tuition for up to sixty (60) days from the first class day of the 15 week term. Students using other VA benefits, as well as the Hazlewood benefit, have the option
of requesting a tuition deferment as required by state law.
- Tuition and fee information can be found online. Military affiliated students are generally subject to the same tuition policies
as other students at UT Tyler. Please contact the MVA for more specific information.
- Release of Student Information: The MVA cannot release any information that is a part of a student's educational record-including financial aid and benefit status information-to parents, guardians, or other interested parties without the specific permission of the student. Additional information on these guidelines can be found online.