Selected Reserve Montgomery GI Bill Payment Rates

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Sign by the main gate at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Ft. Worth, formerly Carswell AFB, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Sign by the main gate at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Ft. Worth, formerly Carswell AFB, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo)

The monthly payment rates for the Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve change each October, based on government calculations of higher education costs. Beneficiaries receive different amounts depending on what their "training time" is.

For those taking undergraduate classes, their training time is determined as follows:

  • 0-2 hours: 1/4 time
  • 3-5 hours: less than 1/2 time
  • 6-8 hours: 1/2 time
  • 9-11 hours: 3/4 time
  • 12 hours and above: full-time

For graduate training, the VA will pay your benefits based on what the school reports your training time to be. So, if you are taking three graduate hours and the school tells the VA that you are considered a full-time student, the VA will pay you the full-time rate.

The monthly rates in the following tables are effective Oct. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025.


Institutional Training
Training TimeMonthly rate
Full time$481.00
3/4 time$360.00
1/2 time$240.00
Less than 1/2 time$120.25

 

Apprenticeship and On-the-Job Training  
Training PeriodMonthly rate
First six months of training$360.75
Second six months of training$264.55
Remaining pursuit of training$168.35

Correspondence and Flight - Entitlement charged at the rate of one month for each $481.00 paid.

Correspondence courses: 55% of the approved charges

Flight training: 60% of the approved charges

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