Military and Veteran Services FAQs

If you are a service member (active duty, national guard, or reserves) or a veteran you will fill out a transfer application.

If you are a student who left for a semester or longer and would like to return, you will fill out the re-admit application.

Yes, UCM provides credit for military training. For members who have completed basic training they receive the following credit:

• Air Force: CJ 3005 (3 hours), HLTH 1100 (3 hours), GNED 1925 (3 hours), and 2 hours of elective credit.
• Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy: CJ 3005 (3 hours), HLTH 1100 (3 hours), GNED 1925 (3 hours), and MS 1110 (2 hours).

We have established numerous credit articulation agreements for service members and veterans. You can view the full list on the Transfer Search page. 

To learn more about military transcripts visit our Military and Veterans Transcripts page. 

Schedule a campus tour and indicate you would like to recieve a Veteran Lead Tour. 

UCM is a test-optional institution for those students with a high school GPA over 2.75. If you do take the test and would like your scores to be considered, please have your scores sent to the Office of Assessment and Testing Services. Our ACT school code is 2272. Our SAT code is 6090.

You are exempt from living on campus if you are active duty (excludes monthly reserve service). Students that are in the National Guard or Reserves that do not meet the automatic exemptions, transfer student exemptions, or commuter exemptions will be required to live on campus for the first two years or until they meet the age or credit requirements. 

Students are automatically exempt if they are:

• 21 years of age or older by the start of the semester for which they are starting at UCM
• 60 UCM accepted credit hours completed by the start of the start of the semester
• Have lived in UCM campus housing for two full academic years (academic year defined as Fall and Spring semesters)
• Have been approved for exemption for two full academic years already (academic year defined as Fall and Spring semesters)
• Have combined two full academic years on campus of either approved exemption or living on campus (academic year defined as Fall and spring semester)

To view other exemptions students can visit University Housing FAQ.

To view the commuter exemption form and general exemption request form students can visit our University Housing Forms page. 

If students have special situations that you would like to be considered for an exemption due to military reasons you can contact Courtney Swoboda. cswoboda@ucmo.edu. 

Students that indicate they are military affiliated (veterans, service members, and their dependents) on the application the fee automatically gets waived. 

Yes, please submit the In-State Rate Discount Form and submit supporting documentation. 

Yes, please submit the In-State Rate Discount Form and submit supporting documentation. 

Yes, please submit the In-State Rate Discount Form and submit supporting documentation. 

Yes, please submit the In-State Rate Discount Form and submit supporting documentation. 

Yes, please submit the In-State Rate Discount Form and submit supporting documentation. 

Students that take courses online will be charged the online rate for the applicable program. You can view costs by visiting our Tuition & Costs page. 

Apply at va.gov or contact the VA at 1-888-442-4551.

It is highly recommended students contact the Military and Veterans Success Center and schedule an appointment to go over how benefits work, what discounts you will receive at UCM, and go through the Certification Request Form. We can even assist you with applying for benefits on va.gov.

Schedule an appointment

Students must fill out the Certification Request Form each semester they seek to use their VA educational benefits. 

There are few reasons students may owe on their account:

• If the student is less than 100% eligible. If a student is only approved at the 50% benefit level they would owe the remaining 50% of tuition and course fees on their account. 
• This benefit will only pay the school for tuition and course fees. Students that owe for housing, meal plans, textbooks, etc. will need to be paid. 
• If you are a professional pilot student and owe based on flight fees, please contact our School Certifying Official to go over approved funding through the VA for this program. 660-543-8776 or vets@ucmo.edu

Students using Chapter 1606 have to verify enrollment at the end of each month by calling 1-877-823-2378 or visiting the WAVE site.

- Students must wait until the last day of each month to verify.

- VA file number is the students SSN.

- VA will take 5-7 days to payout.

Example: If classes started in August students would start the verification process the last day (August 31) before the system will allow you to verify. Students can then expect to be paid for the time in August 5-7 days in September.

Please contact the School Certifying Official, 660-543-8776 or vets@ucmo.edu

Students that are using VA educational benefits:

• Chapter 1606: Montgomery GI Bill® Selected Reserve
• Chapter 30: Montgomery GI Bill®
• Chapter 33: Post-9/11 GI Bill®
• Chapter 31: Veteran Readiness and Employment
• Chapter 35: Survivors and Dependents Assistance

And/or military tuition assistance:

• Federal Tuition Assistance
• State Tuition Assistance

No, this benefit is for students using one of the listed benefits below:

• Chapter 1606: Montgomery GI Bill® Selected Reserve
• Chapter 30: Montgomery GI Bill®
• Chapter 33: Post-9/11 GI Bill®
• Chapter 31: Veteran Readiness and Employment
• Chapter 35: Survivors and Dependents Assistance

And/or military tuition assistance:

• Federal Tuition Assistance
• State Tuition Assistance

This discount will be applied once the Certification Request Form has been submitted and the Military and Veterans Services Department confirms student is benefit eligible. 

Veterans that have exhausted VA educational benefits (Chapter 33, 30, 31, 1606, or 35) while attending UCM will continue to receive the Military Tuition Package. 

This discount will be applied once the Certification Request Form has been submitted and the Military and Veterans Services Department confirms student has exhausted VA educational benefits.