Yellow Ribbon Program

Before you can receive your benefits for use at Creighton, you must:

1. Submit your application for admission and be accepted at Creighton
2. Apply for VA educational benefits
3. Provide your Certificate of Eligibility (approval of benefits statement from the VA) and a Creighton Information Form to the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs
4. Enroll and register for classes at Creighton University

Certification Process

After the Office of Military & Veterans Affairs has received your Certificate of Eligibility and Information Form and you’ve registered for classes, we will certify your credit hour enrollment with the VA. This certification triggers the VA to begin processing the book stipend and housing allowance (if applicable) portion of your benefits. Those benefits are paid directly to you, not Creighton.

Once the drop/add period has passed, your certification will be amended to include your tuition and fees. This delayed amendment is a requirement of the VA to avoid the transfer of funds back and forth between the VA and the schools when students are adjusting their registration. It takes approximately four to six weeks for Creighton to receive the applicable tuition and fees from the VA after this amendment has been completed. Student Accounts is aware you are a student using Chapter 33 (and, if applicable, the Yellow Ribbon Program) and will waive any late fee if there is one automatically assessed on your account once we receive the funds from the VA.  

As long as you remain continuously enrolled for subsequent semesters, we will certify your enrollment with the VA. This will be automatic unless you inform us that you do not wish to be certified for a particular course, term and/or semester.