University of South Dakota

Enrollment Status

Listed below are the course credits used to determine student status for VA educational benefits certification. Please note that these classifications are set by the VA and may differ from those used for university enrollment status or those used to determine financial aid. Only those courses counting toward your degree program will be included for certification.

Training Time Schedule

Status	Undergraduate (Fall/Spring)	Graduate (Fall/Spring)
Full-Time	12+ credits	9+ credits
¾ Time	9-11 credits	6-8 credits
½ Time	6-8 credits	5 credits
¼ Time	3-5 credits	2-4 credits

Training time during summer for GI BILL purposes will depend on the number of credit hours taken and the number of weeks of the class. If you are taking multiple term dates over the summer, the VA will treat each class as a different term, and your payment rates may fluctuate over the summer. Please contact the VA at 888-442-4551 for further clarification of training time over summer dates.
 

All changes in enrollment status must be reported to the USD Veterans Services office to ensure your payments are correct and on time.

Benefit Rates

For updated benefit rates, please visit the Department of Veterans' Affairs web site.

Monthly Verification

On the last day of each month, the VA requires all students receiving the Montgomery GI BILL Active Duty or Selected Reserve (Chapter 30, 1606 and 1607) to verify their enrollments in order to receive payments.  This verification can be done either online using the Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE) application or by calling 1-877-823-2378.