by our College Data Analytics TeamWondering what the G.I. Bill® actually covers at Germanna Community College? Coverage is not unlimited and varies school to school, so the fine print is worth checking.
Here is how the Post-9/11 GI Bill® tuition benefit stacks up against the published cost of attending Germanna Community College. Housing and book benefits are covered separately below.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Veteran tuition & fees | $5,066 |
| Guaranteed Post-9/11 tuition benefit | $5,066 |
| Tuition out of pocket | $0 |
Public-college veterans generally have their entire in-state tuition paid by the Post-9/11 GI Bill® at Germanna Community College.
Germanna Community College is not listed as a Yellow Ribbon participant in current federal reporting. Check directly with the school, since participation can change year to year.
Active-duty service members using DoD Tuition Assistance are capped at $250 per credit hour. The chart below shows whether the per-credit charge at Germanna Community College falls under that cap.
| Residency | Per-credit charge | Below $250 cap? |
|---|---|---|
| In-state | $9 |  |
| Out-of-state | $35 | |
On top of tuition, the Post-9/11 GI Bill® provides a Monthly Housing Allowance (MHA) for the months you are in school. Here is how that benefit compares to the estimated cost of living at Germanna Community College.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Estimated living expenses (room & board, academic year) | $9,610 |
| Post-9/11 monthly housing allowance (MHA) | $2,457/mo |
| Housing benefit (academic year, ~8 months) | $19,656 |
| Estimated surplus in your pocket | $10,046 |
At this school the academic-year housing benefit exceeds typical living costs, so most full-time students come out ahead. The MHA is based on the school’s ZIP code and is paid at the full-time rate for resident students.
Eligible veterans receive up to $1,000 a year for books and supplies; Germanna Community College estimates these costs at about $1,460, leaving about $460 out of pocket.
This is the real volume of GI Bill® and military tuition benefits paid out at Germanna Community College.
In the latest reporting year, about 213 Post-9/11 recipients used tuition benefits worth $557,698.
| Benefit | Recipients | Total disbursed | Average / recipient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GI Bill® (all students) | 0 | $0 | — |
| GI Bill® — undergraduate | 0 | $0 | — |
| DoD Tuition Assistance (all) | 0 | $0 | — |
| DoD TA — undergraduate | 0 | $0 | — |
These are federal education benefits — the Post-9/11 GI Bill® for veterans and DoD Tuition Assistance for active-duty members.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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.