MU offers tuition discount to veterans and military members

The University of Missouri announced Wednesday it will offer a 10-percent online tuition discount to military members and veterans, along with their spouses and children.

Officials say it will apply up to a maximum of 150 hours in undergraduate courses, or 75 hours of graduate classes, through Mizzou Online.

MU Chancellor Bowen Loftin said “we hope this new award will be both an incentive and an aid as they enroll and work toward receiving a degree at Mizzou in their chosen fields.”

“With the tuition award in place, I can apply the amount of my federal benefits that exceed my tuition toward classes that do not otherwise qualify for federal benefits,” said Joseph Osmack, an MU grad student in Jacksonville, N.C., who is already using the Chapter 30 Montgomery GI Bill.

Students who qualify need to be accepted at Mizzou Online and earn a 2.0 GPA. They also have to be an active service member, a veteran with honorable discharge, a nation guard or a reservist.