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Military Welcome
Getting Started
Military Resources
Veteran Partnerships

Welcome Military and Veterans

Make Your Education Benefits Work for You

Earning a degree or certificate is your best strategy for improving your career opportunities. Whether you are in mid-career, planning for transition, a veteran, or are supporting our armed forces as a military spouse, family member, or a DoD civilian, we can help you make the most of your education benefits.

Military and Veteran-Friendly Support and Services

Our Top 20 Military Friendly College designation (Military Advanced Education magazine) and a G.I. Jobs magazine Military Friendly College designation, means we know how to help you maximize your benefits and reach your educational goals while serving your country, and after.

Download or print PDF versions of our military and veterans related brochures from our Brochures page.

Servicemembers

Complete your degree while serving your country. No matter where you are in your career, or where you are serving, we bring college within your reach. Our military partnerships provide you with a wide choice of approved programs designed to leverage your military training. We make it affordable and manageable:

Get Started

Visit our Getting Started page and follow your branch or status-specific steps to managing your Excelsior academic career.

Veterans

Been there, done that: You’ve earned your education benefits. Let us show you how to take full advantage of them with Excelsior College degree and certificate programs designed to provide maximum transfer credit for prior military training. Our experienced academic advisors and financial aid officers can answer your questions about using the current GI Bills, and help you get started in one of our programs. We make it affordable and manageable for veterans:

Veterans' Center

The Excelsior College Veterans' Center offers resources, information, support, and place to talk with fellow veterans about education and life.

Please visit the Veterans Center (Login required)

Partnerships

As a veteran friendly college, Excelsior College has formed education partnerships with veteran associations.

More information

Get Started

Visit our Getting Started page and follow your branch or status-specific steps to managing your Excelsior academic career.

Spouse/Family

Military life can make it difficult to complete a degree. But with Excelsior College, you plan your own degree program to work with your schedule, wherever you are. And with reduced rates for military spouses and family members, getting a degree is more affordable than ever before.

A Military Family Member is an individual who is related to a service member currently serving on active duty or in the Reserve or National Guard component or is a retiree. Military Family Members are identified through their United States Uniformed Service Identification and Privilege Card.

There’s no better time to make it your turn to reach your educational goals. Military spouses and family members choose us for their college education needs because we make it affordable and manageable:

Get Started

Visit our Getting Started page and follow your branch or status-specific steps to managing your Excelsior academic career.

DoD Civilian

No matter where you are in your career, or where you support our military forces, we bring college education within your reach. We offer over 30 accredited certificate, associate, bachelor's and master's degree distance education programs to choose from, and combine our extensive experience in the evaluation of military training for college credit with proven support and strategies. We make it affordable and manageable:

Get Started

Visit our Getting Started page and follow your branch or status-specific steps to managing your Excelsior academic career.
 

News & Announcements

Procedures for Navy Sailors Awaiting Navy Tuition Assistance Approval

Military Spouse Scholarships Available

For More Information

Contact us Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm ET.

Not enrolled:
888-647-2388 ext. 27
518-464-8500 ext. 27

Enrolled students:
888-647-2388 ext. 1351
518-464-8500 ext. 1351

Email: military@excelsior.edu
           veterans@excelsior.edu 

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Military Consultants

Military Consultants at regional bases are available to advise you and help you get started.

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