Military Spouse Benefits at HPU

With all the hustle and bustle about family transferability in the Post 9/11 GI Bill program and military members wanting to offer their benefits to their spouses, I thought I’d share a military spouse benefit program at a college located in the United States, but on the far reaches of our country where global studies really shine: Hawai’i Pacific University. This scholarship is available only to those that do not receive other benefits, such as the Post 9/11 GI Bill.

Hawai’i Pacific University‘s Military Spouse Benefits Scholarship Program covers 25% of the educational expenses of all the HPU MCP (Military Campus Program) undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is available to non-active duty spouses of active duty military (and Coast Guard, and members of the Reserve / National Guard). The active duty/military member must fulfill the following requirements for the spouse to qualify:

• Be a student at HPU themselves, or
• Be deployed in excess of 60 days

Tuition discounts are only given if deployment (or military spouse enrollment) overlaps the MCP term dates.

Hawai’i Pacific University is a campus with a rich history for military-friendly education, as well as international education studies. For students that are not interested in attending a campus, Hawai’i Pacific University also offers several online education programs (although the scholarship is only applicable to MCP.) An active military member could attend the online education programs at HPU during deployment while the military spouse attends HPU’s Military Campus Program.

Again, note that if you are receiving benefits from the Post 9/11 GI Bill due to a transfer of benefits, you are not eligible for this scholarship. It is specifically designed to aid the spouses of military members that otherwise do not have access to military financial aid.