GI Bill Entitlement Tracker

How much benefit you have left, how fast you are spending it, and what month it runs out.

36 months is one benefit. The 48-month ceiling applies when you combine programs — no veteran may use more than 48 months of VA education benefits in total.
Months
Days (0–29)
Your Certificate of Eligibility states this as “months and days remaining”. Subtract from your total, or read the used figure straight off VA.gov.
A standard 16-week semester is about 4 months. A 10-week quarter is about 2.5.

Fill in what you have used and how you are enrolled, then press Track My Entitlement.

How entitlement is charged

VA counts your benefit in months and days, on 30-day months. What you are charged for a month of school depends on your rate of pursuit — your credits divided by what your school counts as full time, rounded to the nearest 10%.

  • Full time (12+ credits) — one month of school costs one month of benefit.
  • 3/4 time (9–11) — 75% rate of pursuit, so about 22 days per month.
  • Half time (6–8) — 50%, about 15 days per month. Half time or below also means no housing allowance at all.

Which is the trade-off this tool exists to make visible: a lighter course load stretches the months, but below the half-time line it stops paying rent.

Estimates only. VA charges entitlement on the actual days you are enrolled, so a term that straddles a month boundary or a mid-term withdrawal will not match these figures exactly. Confirm your remaining entitlement on your Certificate of Eligibility or at VA.gov before making enrollment decisions.