NROTC Out of State Tuition

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rj$0921

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My son was awarded the 4yr Navy ROTC Scholarship. With tons of research I can't locate anywhere whether the NROTC scholarship still covers the full tuition for out of state schools? This will determine whether DS goes in state or OOS. I had heard there were some changes to NROTC scholarships in Fall of 2021.
 
Several universities offer in state tuition rates for NROTC, AROTC, and AFROTC scholarships. There is a military/veterans affairs rep for each of the universities that knows, and I suspect the NROTC unit knows as well.

If there is no such arrangement, and assuming there are other out of state Midshipmen at that unit, then the Navy would cover that tuition rate. (but not room and board).

The best answer would come from the unit's Freshman Advisor or their Supply Technician, since the Supply Tech is the one who submits tuition invoices up to NSTC for reimbursement.
 
GWU PNS said:
Several universities offer in state tuition rates for NROTC, AROTC, and AFROTC scholarships. There is a military/veterans affairs rep for each of the universities that knows, and I suspect the NROTC unit knows as well.

If there is no such arrangement, and assuming there are other out of state Midshipmen at that unit, then the Navy would cover that tuition rate. (but not room and board).

The best answer would come from the unit's Freshman Advisor or their Supply Technician, since the Supply Tech is the one who submits tuition invoices up to NSTC for reimbursement.
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Very informative. Thank you Capt Meyers.
 
I actually think there was a thread on which universities offered in state tuition. I tried searching for it but I am on my smart phone, which is smarter than me. 🤔 But somewhere on SAF is a listing of all tuition benefits for various universities.
 
All goodness above. The devil is in the details - confirm exactly with each school and branch.
  • NROTC Scholarships per other posters this year can be used for either tuition or room and board, but not both from the national scholarship itself. Some but not all universities/ units offer additional support for room and board, but that is taxable and school specific. Some universities allow the students to apply merit/ financial aid scholarships toward room and board. Some do not. Some universities offer "all NROTC or AROTC national scholarships receive room and board for a double occupancy, 14 meal a week plan", Others offer a handful of room and board or partial room and board scholarships, or zero room and board support.
  • on a quasi related note, AFROTC has a few flavors of scholarships - Type 7 covers in-state tuition for 4 years. Type 1 is full tuition at any university that has a detachment, Type 2 is 18k of support at any university that has a detachment. And you can convert your type 7 to a 3 year type 2. At some schools a type 7 is upgraded to a Type 1 = very specific schools. Again additional room and board is school-specific. For a lot of schools AFROTC was not offering additional room and board support - their upperclassmen worked as RAs to get free room and board when they could. It depends.
  • Most universities will advise the students of what merit, financial and scholarship aid they will receive in writing - soon if not already. You for your top choices should confirm with financial aid officer in writing exactly what you'll keep and what you won't get/ give up if you take the national scholarship. One university offered my DS over 40k per year in a merit scholarship, but NONE of that could be used WITH the ROTC scholarship. Another allowed him to put all merit scholarships toward room and board. He actually at this point MAKES MONEY living off campus since the university gives him a check each semester for all merit monies he was awarded which covers his rent, utilities, and some money for meals.
The key here IMO is to get it in writing what your responsibilities will be at that specific school. Confirm if you'll need an extra semester what happens like some eng. programs. Our out of pocket options between the AFROTC, AROTC, and NROTC scholarship offers varied from potentially costing about 68,000.00 for a 17k per year room/ board to again actually making a few dollars if they make it all the way through the program. DS is on-track to have zero debt and a few dollars in his pocket, coming out of college. Honestly with inflation, gas prices, and seemingly every utility/grocery store I interact with increasing their prices it's a nice position to be in.
 
very good information. ty. we found out this afternoon that the OOS state university's that he was accepted are full tuition and typically can only use university merit/ scholarship money for ONLY tuition reduction. If you have NROTC you will likely not take the university scholarship UNLESS it says you can use for R and B. Some do allow this but not many of the bigger state schools.
 
rj$0921 said:
very good information. ty. we found out this afternoon that the OOS state university's that he was accepted are full tuition and typically can only use university merit/ scholarship money for ONLY tuition reduction. If you have NROTC you will likely not take the university scholarship UNLESS it says you can use for R and B. Some do allow this but not many of the bigger state schools.
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I would:
1. get a calculator out and confirm the cost advantage of taking NROTC as room/ board and keeping the merit scholarships toward tuition/ fees, vs. covered tuition and fees but no room and board support. After the dust settles, which path would simply cost you less?
2. I would be aware that if NROTC doesn't work out, if you keep the merit scholarships and he's an RA next year, you could be better off. *No one plans for NROTC not to work out, but it is not rare - it happens.
3. I would also strongly recommend your son speak with a couple of midshipmen / ROTC participants on scholarship at that campus and get the real scoop on how most people approach this at that school and what they get - 3 years ago, while my son was shadowing a ROTC member on campus, I met with a university financial aid officer in the morning who advised me that "typically we don't let students apply merit scholarships toward anything but tuition and fees". Shook hands (back when we did that), thanked him, and left. DS and I then had lunch with ROTC participants one of which told me directly he WAS keeping the merit monies toward room and board but the school "tries not to let you do that" but you should insist. A-ha. I bee-lined and remet with said financial aid officer, and calmly stated I had "great news" as I just confirmed there are students who apply monies toward room and board at that school who are outside and can confirm this if needed. He no kidding looked ashen. I left there with a "total cost to attend" sheet that outlined we would keep all merit monies in my hand. *I think this was an exception - most schools will be straight up with you. But I would trust but verify with other national scholarship winner students directly. At least it was my DS's choice on what school to attend that wasn't driven by thinking that X school would cost more than it could have, or would have had he gone there and we hadn't verified.

Good luck and thanks for your son's willingness to serve.
 
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