First of all, let me jump up to an answer to it, the answer is “No”, that is not true. Any active Army or their spouses are allow take any courses from schools as long as they are regionally and nationally accredited. Click here to learn more about accreditation.

But, there is one thing you need to make sure before enroll any class. Those schools or colleges must agree to take the Army TAs $250.00 per credit hour as the max they will make you pay, meaning you have no out of pocket cost as long as the tuition is $250.00 per credit hour. So lets say UCLA cost $300.00 per credit hour, and Army TA is only going to pay $250.00 per credit then which will be leaving you to cover the other $50.00 per credit hour.

For more information, please ask JAG officers at your bases.

The Department of Defense (DoD) has directed a uniform TA fiscal policy across the military services. Currently (Dec 05), the established semester hour cap is $250 and each Soldier has an annual ceiling of $4,500. The Army will pay 100 percent of the tuition and authorized fees charged by a college up to the established semester hour cap and annual ceiling.

The regional and national accrediting agencies are recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as reliable authorities concerning the quality of education or training offered by the institutions of higher education or higher education programs they accredit. The dates specified for each entry are the date of initial listing as a nationally recognized agency, the date of the Secretary’s most recent grant of renewed recognition, and the date of the agency’s next scheduled review for renewal of recognition by the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.

• Click here to See Regional and National Institutional Accrediting Agencies by U.S. Secretary of Education