Last Revision: October 29, 2024
VA Enrollment Chart
APUS offers courses in an 8 week and 16 week format. Courses start each month at APUS. All VA enrollments are based on a student’s monthly enrollment status. Overlapping course starts may result in differing enrollment statuses than those below.
Course Load and Student Status for VA Benefits
Student status for VA Benefits is based on monthly course load. The chart below applies to VA Benefit requirements for full, three quarter, or half-time benefit levels.
| Session of Courses | Monthly Course Load | Student Status | Rate of Pursuit 1,2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate: 8-Week Courses | 4 + Credit hours | Full-time | 1.00 |
| Graduate: 8-Week Courses | 3 Credit hours | Three-quarter time | .75 |
| Graduate: 16-Week Courses | 9 + Credit hours | Full-time | 1.00 |
| Graduate: 16-Week Courses | 6 Credit hours | Three-quarter time | .75 |
| Graduate: 16-Week Courses | 3 Credit hours | Half-time | .38 |
| Undergraduate: 8-Week Courses | 6 + Credit hours | Full-time | 1.00 |
| Undergraduate: 8-Week Courses | 5 Credit hours | Three-quarter time | .83 |
| Undergraduate: 8-Week Courses | 4 Credit hours | Three-quarter time | .67 |
| Undergraduate: 8-Week Courses | 3 Credit hours | Half-time | .56 |
| Undergraduate: 8-Week Courses | 2 Credit hours | Less than Half-time | .38 |
| Undergraduate: 16-Week Courses | 12 + Credit hours | Full-time | 1.00 |
| Undergraduate: 16-Week Courses | 9 Credit hours | Three-quarter time | .75 |
| Undergraduate: 16-Week Courses | 6 Credit hours | Half-time | .50 |
| Undergraduate: 16-Week Courses | 4 Credit hours | Less than Half-time | .33 |
| Undergraduate: 16-Week Courses | 3 Credit hours | Less than Half-time | .25 |
- BAH is only payable for a rate of pursuit greater than .50.
- Rate of Pursuit is calculated by Department of Veterans Affairs. This calculation is determined by training level, credits taken in a term, and length of term. APUS does not calculate the Rate of Pursuit.
Please note: The above chart does not apply to Federal Student Aid (FSA). If you are applying for Federal Student Aid, there is a different enrollment status standard for determining aid eligibility. Please see the chart below for FSA status definitions.
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