{"id":71956,"date":"2022-10-03T14:53:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/10\/03\/vets-may-be-missing-out-on-money-for-stem-degrees\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:03:23","slug":"vets-may-be-missing-out-on-money-for-stem-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2022\/10\/03\/vets-may-be-missing-out-on-money-for-stem-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Vets may be missing out on money for STEM degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/education\/2018\/12\/30\/vets-interested-in-stem-degrees-could-get-more-gi-bill-money-in-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\">veterans pursuing science and engineering degrees<\/a> may have missed out on extra education benefits to finish their coursework because of confusion over Veterans Affairs assistance programs, according to a new government watchdog report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At issue is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-22-105326.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship<\/a>, launched in 2019. The benefit is designed to help veterans finish degree programs in certain science and engineering fields after they have exhausted their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2021\/07\/20\/gi-bill-reforms-on-track-for-fall-semester-va-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">GI Bill<\/a> payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eligible veterans can get up to $30,000 over nine months through the Rogers scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/gao-22-105326.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new Government Accountability Office report<\/a> found that through the first three years of the program, only about 3,500 students were approved, with nearly double that number denied for unclear reasons. Thousands more who may have been eligible never applied in part because of a lack of understanding about the scholarship\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2022\/09\/27\/gi-bill-updates-for-2023\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GI-Bill-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">GI Bill updates for 2023: New rates, new maximums<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Updates to the GI Bill for 2023.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVeterans who need additional time to complete a degree may be able to use the Rogers STEM scholarship, but issues with VA\u2019s communications may hinder their efforts to use it,\u201d the researchers wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome of VA\u2019s outreach materials and letters to veterans regarding the scholarship benefits and application process are not clear and may cause veterans to misunderstand the benefits available to them or hinder their access to the scholarship. Moreover, because VA does not collect specific data on applications, the agency cannot identify the most common reasons for denying applications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 134,000 veterans used department education benefits to pursue a bachelor\u2019s degree in a STEM field between 2018\u20132021, VA officials estimated. That accounts for roughly 40% of all individuals attending school on the Post-9\/11 GI Bill during that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most common fields of study were computer and information sciences, medical professional work and engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GAO officials said that STEM degrees can be particularly difficult for veterans to complete before their GI Bill benefits are used up because of math and science prerequisites that can delay enrollment in subsequent classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Programs like the Rogers scholarship should help cover that additional delay. But GAO researchers said that navigating the application process is difficult because VA rarely offers specific reasons for rejections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite VA referring to the Rogers scholarship as a \u201cPost-9\/11 GI Bill extension,\u201d the program only is open to veterans (not dependents attending school on a family members\u2019 GI Bill) and only covers certain areas of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans who apply for the scholarship with more than six months of GI Bill benefits left are automatically denied, but GAO officials said the VA does not always inform those veterans they might be eligible if they reapply later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And applicants who may not have enough coursework completed when they apply also could be eligible in the future, but are not always given that information, the GAO report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2022\/08\/29\/plan-to-ease-gi-bill-reporting-rules-for-colleges-signed-into-law\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/navy-college.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Plan to ease GI Bill reporting rules for colleges signed into law<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The law had received bipartisan support in Congress as a way to help school administrators.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials expect overhaul outreach and informational materials regarding the scholarship over the next six months. 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