The military offers Tuition Aid programs to obtain advanced degrees after-hours or remotely while on active duty. There are also highly-coveted assignments as full-time students at places such as the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. There are several programs to gain advanced degrees as part of a career path.Does the Navy offer to help pay for grad school for their graduates who have served at least 5 years in the military?
As always, @Capt MJ nails it. Many of my peers have had their grad school paid for. An MS is a strong differentiator for O-4 selection and nearly a requirement for O-5 selection. In some instances, be it personal choice, aptitude, or the needs of the Navy, officers are not offered funded full-time graduate opportunities such as NPS or the NWC. Those individuals pursue a master's degree extracurricularly, either with assistance (GI bill or TA) or out of pocket.Does the Navy offer to help pay for grad school for their graduates who have served at least 5 years in the military?
And if you were to repeat it all again would you have it done the same way?As always, @Capt MJ nails it. Many of my peers have had their grad school paid for. An MS is a strong differentiator for O-4 selection and nearly a requirement for O-5 selection. In some instances, be it personal choice, aptitude, or the needs of the Navy, officers are not offered funded full-time graduate opportunities such as NPS or the NWC. Those individuals pursue a master's degree extracurricularly, either with assistance (GI bill or TA) or out of pocket.
Remember, opportunities such as NPS or heavily discounted tuition at a university while serving as NROTC staff frequently require an additional service commitment beyond the education. In other words, the Navy will take care of you but then you'll need to take care of the Navy.
To some extent, I'm the poster-child for government funded education: my BS, MS, and PhD are all Navy funded. Keep any questions coming.
Great question and yes. Sure, put what I know now in my 18 year old body and perhaps I'm doing some things differently but I'm thrilled with where my life is at and have far exceeded any expectations I ever set for myself as the first in my family to go to college.And if you were to repeat it all again would you have it done the same way?
Keep any questions coming.
As always, @Capt MJ nails it. Many of my peers have had their grad school paid for. An MS is a strong differentiator for O-4 selection and nearly a requirement for O-5 selection. In some instances, be it personal choice, aptitude, or the needs of the Navy, officers are not offered funded full-time graduate opportunities such as NPS or the NWC. Those individuals pursue a master's degree extracurricularly, either with assistance (GI bill or TA) or out of pocket.
Remember, opportunities such as NPS or heavily discounted tuition at a university while serving as NROTC staff frequently require an additional service commitment beyond the education. In other words, the Navy will take care of you but then you'll need to take care of the Navy.
To some extent, I'm the poster-child for government funded education: my BS, MS, and PhD are all Navy funded. Keep any questions coming.
He would have to ask his detailer. It all depends on capacity at NPS for online courses. If there are limited slots, they will go to those for whom aero relates to their career field. It also depends if there are internal costs allotted to those online slots that will be assigned to the officer’s community.My son is an ensign - aero engineering major at USNA assigned to CEC.
He knows he will likely attend a good university for ocean engineering for his path.
He saw that NPS will be offering an online aero engineering masters, and he is interested in doing that on his down time (in addition to the ocean engineering).
Is that possible, and how would that work?
Possible - yes. I do know the CEC community frequently has very specific MS education requirements so the online option / aerospace will depend on the community and as @Capt MJ mentioned - the detailer.Is that possible, and how would that work?
Pretty straightforward answer:What is the final ‘payback’ outcome for all you have received educationally (not sure I asked that correctly…..).
Third the recommendation to talk to the detailer. Online programs often are coded differently than in-residence because they don't meet the same ESRs as the in-residence NPS programs (i.e. G vs. P-coded). That may or may not be a problem in terms of billet alignment.My son is an ensign - aero engineering major at USNA assigned to CEC.
He knows he will likely attend a good university for ocean engineering for his path.
He saw that NPS will be offering an online aero engineering masters, and he is interested in doing that on his down time (in addition to the ocean engineering).
Is that possible, and how would that work?