Veterans Education Benefits

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has approved Wake Forest University as an eligible institution at which students may use its Education Benefit Programs. The University has established a policy to meet the requirements of the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-407), section 3679 of Title 38, U.S. Code as amended.

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Getting Started

The VA will make a decision on your application within 30 days. If approved, VA will mail your Certificate of Eligibility (COE) Letter to the mailing address that you listed on your application. The Certificate of Eligibility Letter proves your eligibility for benefits. It is a required document for VA tuition funds to display as anticipated aid on your student account.

Please complete WFU’s VA Student Intake Form after applying for benefits. You will need to log in with your WFU credentials.

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Yellow Ribbon

All Wake Forest schools on the Reynolda Campus in Winston-Salem participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program. While the Wake Forest School of Professional Studies (SPS) in Charlotte is not a Yellow Ribbon-matching school, SPS students are still eligible for tuition and fee benefits through the Post 9/11 GI Bill® and Veterans Readiness & Employment (VR&E) programs.

Yellow Ribbon is available to Reynolda Campus students who qualify for the Post 9/11 GI Bill® at the 100% benefit level. Service members on active duty and their spouses using transferred entitlement became eligible for Yellow Ribbon on August 1, 2022. Amounts and student limits differ by school. You do not need to submit a separate application for Yellow Ribbon.

Yellow Ribbon covers tuition and fees above the annual tuition benefit cap for private institutions. The 2024-25 cap is $28,937.09. The 2025-26 cap is $29,920.95. The cap resets every year on August 1st.

School Name	Yellow Ribbon Maximum*	Student Limit**
Undergraduate College	$10,000	Unlimited
Graduate School of Arts & Sciences	Unlimited	50
School of Business	$31,000	50
School of Law	Unlimited	Unlimited
School of Divinity	$10,000	Unlimited

<sup>*Amounts listed are annual totals (Wake Forest Yellow Ribbon Contribution
+ VA Yellow Ribbon Match).
**Schools with a student limit offer Yellow Ribbon on a first-come, first-serve basis, in order of COE receipt.</sup>

^{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 Web site at http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill.”}