Serving in the Kentucky National Guard pays in-state tuition for full-time or part-time study at Kentucky public and private schools. Lifetime caps are $29,000 for community and technical colleges, $58,000 for comprehensive public universities or approved private colleges, and $72,500 for research universities, and each cap rises 5 percent a year. You can use it until you have earned one associate degree and one bachelor’s degree, and alongside military and federal tuition assistance.
Apply online through the Kentucky National Guard Tuition Award Program student module. New users must register with their common access card on a Kentucky National Guard network computer. For help, call 502-607-1039, 502-607-1307 or 502-607-1916.
Your Kentucky National Guard service record showing good standing and completed basic training, your expiration of term of service date, and your school enrollment information.