Military TA, Waivers and Third Party Billing

Armed Forces Tuition Assistance (TA) is a benefit paid to eligible members of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard. The Department of Defense has directed a uniform tuition assistance fiscal policy across the military services. Currently, the established semester hour cap is $250 and each soldier has an annual ceiling of $4,500. Military services will pay 100 percent of the tuition and authorized fees charged by a college up to the established semester hour cap and annual ceiling.

If you are receiving military tuition assistance, please select your specific branch of service below for more information on your branch's policies:

• Army
• Navy
• Air Force
• Marines
• Coast Guard
• UB Veterans Benefits

Submitting Tuition Assistance Forms

You can fax your Tuition Assistance (TA) forms to the Office of the Bursar at 410.837.6532 or scan them and send to ubbursar@ubalt.edu by the last day to drop and add for the semester.  If you have unusual circumstances, contact our office as soon as possible.

We process the following tuition waivers:

• University System of Maryland employees, their spouses and dependents;
• senior citizens;
• graduate assistants;
• members of the Maryland National Guard (law classes are not eligible)

Important Information

Tuition remission and graduate assistant waivers are only applied to tuition costs. If one waiver does not satisfy the full tuition cost, the other waiver will be applied to cover the remaining tuition balance. A waiver may not be applied to cover student fees. 

Any waiver will not be applied until after the last day to drop and add for the semester has passed. 

If an outside employer, agency or organization is paying your bill, bring, e-mail, or fax their third-party billing authorization form to the Office of the Bursar, by the last day to drop and add for the term. We must have this information in order to invoice your employer/organization. Until the payment is received, your account will be subject to a hold which will prevent future registration, transcripts and/or degree release.  If your account is not paid in full you will be subject to all collection activity including being forwarded to the Maryland Central Collection Unit.

Documentation received after the last day to drop and add will be processed within 30 days of submission.  Any holds will remain until the account balances are paid in full.  We will not accept any third-party paperwork submitted for a semester after it has ended.

It is important to review your student account on a regular basis until payment is received in full.