Kansas City Art Institute G.I. Bill® Benefits

How much of the cost at Kansas City Art Institute will the G.I. Bill® cover? GI Bill® benefits are limited and differ by school, so the specifics matter.

$43,550 Veteran Tuition & Fees

$20,235 Guaranteed Post-9/11 Benefit

$23,315 Tuition Out of Pocket

Your Estimated Out-of-Pocket Cost
How Tuition Is Covered
Yellow Ribbon Program
Per-Credit Charges and Tuition Assistance
Housing Allowance Coverage
Books & Supplies Coverage
GI Bill & DoD Benefits Used Here
References

Veterans at Kansas City Art Institute Pay About $23,315 Out of Pocket for Tuition

Here is how the Post-9/11 GI Bill® tuition benefit stacks up against the published cost of attending Kansas City Art Institute. See the living-expense and book sections below for those benefits.

Item	Amount
Veteran tuition & fees	$43,550
Guaranteed Post-9/11 tuition benefit	$20,235
Tuition out of pocket	$23,315

Private College Tuition Exceeds the GI Bill® Cap

The Post-9/11 GI Bill® limits the annual tuition benefit to roughly $20,235, so tuition beyond that is out of pocket (or covered by Yellow Ribbon) at Kansas City Art Institute.

Yellow Ribbon Program Participant

Kansas City Art Institute is a Yellow Ribbon school: the institution and the VA jointly fund tuition that exceeds the GI Bill® cap.

Seat counts and matching amounts change by program each year; verify the details with the schools military and veteran services team.

Per-Credit Fees and the Active-Duty Tuition Assistance Cap

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 Kansas City Art Institute falls under that cap.

Residency	Per-credit charge	Below $250 cap?
In-state	$1,150
Out-of-state	$1,150

Your Living Expenses Are Likely Covered

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 Kansas City Art Institute.

Item	Amount
Estimated living expenses (room & board, academic year)	$10,000
Post-9/11 monthly housing allowance (MHA)	$2,049/mo
Housing benefit (academic year, ~8 months)	$16,392
Estimated surplus in your pocket	$6,392

At this school the academic-year housing benefit exceeds typical living costs, so most full-time students come out ahead. MHA amounts reflect the local housing rate for the school’s area.

Your Books and Supplies Are Likely Covered

The Post-9/11 GI Bill® pays a books-and-supplies stipend of up to $1,000 per year. Estimated book and supply costs at Kansas City Art Institute run about $800, so the stipend covers them in full.

Veteran Education Benefit Dollars at Kansas City Art Institute

Beyond the coverage math above, this is how much veteran education-benefit money actually flows to Kansas City Art Institute.

In the latest reporting year, about 18 Post-9/11 recipients used tuition benefits worth $291,841.

Benefit	Recipients	Total disbursed	Average / recipient
GI Bill® (all students)	14	$253,149	$18,082
GI Bill® — undergraduate	14	$253,149	—

GI Bill® benefits follow the veteran; DoD Tuition Assistance is an active-duty benefit paid while serving.

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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.