Military Veterans & Active Duty Members of the Military
Transform Your Knowledge & Skills Into a Business Career for the Future
As a veteran or an active duty member of the United States Armed Services, you have gained or are currently acquiring the invaluable organizational, leadership, analytics, and technical knowledge and skills that hiring managers seek. These transferrable skills provide a major advantage in emerging, business-related industries where innovation, a global mind-set, and the ability to lead individuals and teams in the continuously evolving work environment, are critical for success.
By completing a graduate or undergraduate business degree at the Gabelli School of Business, you can prepare for a lifelong career in some of today's fastest-growing fields.
For veterans, through the Yellow Ribbon Program in which Fordham University participates, you can gain veteran education benefits that will pay for the education you have dreamed of attaining. These same benefits are available for active duty members of the military and family members of both veterans and active duty member of the military.
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Study at a Top-Ranked, Military-Friendly University
The Gabelli School of Business is part of Fordham University, the only New York City university to be among those ranked “Best for Vets” by Military Times. This highly respected publication has also ranked it as a top military-friendly Yellow Ribbon University for five consecutive years.
As a former or current member of the military, or as a military family member, you can rest assured that when you enroll in the Gabelli School, you will join a top-tier business school that deeply respects those who have served and that is wholly committed to their transition into highly successful careers in the workforce of the future.
Learn How the Yellow Ribbon Program Works
The Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program, or the Yellow Ribbon Program, is a part of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. If you choose to pursue earning a degree and your graduate or undergraduate tuition exceeds what the Veterans Administration (VA) can pay, Fordham’s Yellow Ribbon Program, along with matching funds from the VA can satisfy paying the difference.
As an approved Yellow Ribbon Program university, Fordham guarantees that all tuition and fees are fully covered for admitted veterans, active military, and eligible family members who fall in the VA's maximum benefit category.
If you have already earned an undergraduate degree and seek to enhance your knowledge and advance your career, at its Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan, the Gabelli School of Business offers:
- A wide range of business-related graduate degrees—from its Full-time M.B.A., Professional Part-time M.B.A., and Full-time M.B.A. to Specialized Master’s Degrees in: Professional Part-time M.B.A. • Full-time M.B.A. • Professional Part-time M.B.A. • Professional Part-time M.B.A. • Professional Part-time M.B.A. • Executive M.B.A. • Accounting • Artificial Intelligence for Business
- Fully Online degrees also are available in: Finance, Management, Strategic Marketing Communications, and Taxation.
- Unsurpassed networking opportunities that expand critical business contacts and provide the chance to meet and mingle with industry professionals.
- Access to our Graduate Student Success Center, which provides:
- Graduate Career Development Services that focus on meeting you wherever you are in your career journey and helping you to translate the skills you’ve acquired during your time of service into the proficiencies hiring manager seek.
- Academic Advising Services that focus on your long-term goals and objectives, ensuring what you learn in our classrooms is applicable and relevant to your professional path and to the evolving needs of industry.
If you have not earned an undergraduate degree and seek to secure this important credential, the Gabelli School of Business offers:
- Business-related undergraduate degrees in Accounting – Public Accounting and Public Accountancy • Accounting Information Systems • Applied Accounting and Finance • Business Administration • Finance • Information Systems • Marketing at its Rose Hill campus in the Bronx.
- An undergraduate degree in Global Business also is offered at it Lincoln Center Campus in Manhattan.
- All undergraduate degrees offer a wide range of concentrations
- Networking opportunities that help you get your foot in the door and provide access to top-level
executives in Fortune 500 companies. - Access to our Undergraduate Career Center, which provides:
- Undergraduate Career Development Resources that provide a range of self-assessment tools and Handshake, a job and internship database.
- Academic Resources and Advising that focus on your long-term goals and objectives, ensuring what you learn in our classrooms is applicable and relevant to your professional path and to the evolving needs of industry.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program, or the Yellow Ribbon Program, is a part of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This program allows U.S. institutions of higher learning to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These degree-granting institutions partner with VA to cover tuition and fee expenses that exceed VA’s maximum payable amount. Schools can contribute a specified dollar amount. VA will match the amount, not to exceed 50 percent of the difference.
The Post-9/11 GI Bill pays up to all public in-state tuition and fees. If a recipient attends a private or out-of-state school, tuition rates may be more than the covered amount. However, if the school participates in The Yellow Ribbon Program, additional funds may be available to the student.
Individuals entitled to the maximum benefit level, based on service requirements, may receive this funding. Others who may be eligible include:
- Individuals who served at least 36 months of active duty after September 10, 2001.
- Purple Heart recipients with an honorable discharge and any amount of service
- Service members who were honorably discharged from active duty for a service connected disability and served 30 continuous days after September 10, 2001
- A dependent eligible for Transfer of Entitlement under the Post-9/11 GI Bill at 100% level;
- Fry Scholarship recipients who attend terms after August 1, 2018