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DoD MOU: What You Need to Know

DoD MOU

As a service member, you want to find a veteran or military friendly school to go to. You want to make sure they have your best interests as a service member in mind when you are going to their school. How do you determine this? How do you know if your school is one of the veteran and military friendly colleges? One way is the DoD MOU.

What is the DoD MOU?

The DoD Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is between the DoD Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and educational institutions. If a school wants to receive DoD military tuition assistance, they must agree to the Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding.

How many schools and institutions are on the participant’s list?

There are 2,772 main institutions and 11,149 total additional locations. You can see what these are on this list on the DoD MOU website.

TA Decide

Another way to find out information about educational institutions is using TA Decide. This is an information and comparison tool to help TA participants make informed choices on schools and educational programs.

The TA Decide program is fueled by more than ten recognized and trusted data sources from across the departments of Defense, Education, and Veterans Affairs. It is also uniquely tailored to each TA participant.

Within TA Decide you can search your school directly, or search by state/territory, accreditation type, school type, learning method, programs, or degree level. You can also compare different schools that are in the database.

DoD Voluntary Education Partnership MOU Eligibility

To be eligible, an educational institution must:

What information does the TA Decide tool show us?

You can gain a lot of good and in-depth information when you are using the TA Decide tool. Here is some information about what’s in the tool:

School Details

There will be school information such as the school’s address, website, source of accreditation, accreditation type, school type, DoD MOU point of contact, and number of DoD TA participants.

Federal Beneficiaries and Funds

Here you will find the number of those using TA and the costs, the number using the Post 9/11 GI Bill and the costs, as well as information about those getting Federal Student Aid.

Programs and Offerings

This section will have the learning methods available, information on Service members Opportunity Colleges, types of degrees, and subjects you can receive the degrees in.

Cost of Attendance

Here you will find information on tuition rates, fees, books and supplies, and room and board.

DoD Tuition Assistance (TA) Information

In this section, you will find more information about Tuition Assistance including how many courses are funded by TA and the school’s TA course completion rate.

Department of Education Information

Here you will find Department of Education information such as ED composite scores and information from College Navigator Institution Data such as enrollment numbers.

Complaint Information

This area will have any complaints that have been filed by service members and their families about their educational experience at that school.

School Eligibility

Under this category, you will see if the school has signed the DoD Memorandum of Understanding (MOU,) if they have agreed on the Principles of Excellence, if they have the Yellow Ribbon program and if they have agreed with the 8 Keys to Veterans Success.

The Comparison Tool

When you compare more than one school, you can get a sense of how similar or different they are. You can find out how much TA pays per course, compared to the DoD average. You can also see what your chances are of passing your course, also compared to the DoD average. There is also information about the percentage of military graduates, and how long it takes to graduate.

As a service member, you will want to find a school that has what you are looking for, has signed the DoD MOU, and that will be friendly to veterans and members of the military. Using TA Decide and checking to see if your school is on the participant’s list is a great way to find that school or to know that the school you are attending qualifies.

 

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