Tuition Assistance Plan

National Guard, active-duty military and reserves may be eligible for this benefit.

Basic Procedure for any student participating in the Military Tuition Assistance Plan

• All Students are responsible for obtaining the correct forms, filling in all information and obtaining the appropriate education officers signatures
• All tuition assistance forms must be handed in to Student Financial Services
• Tuition assistance is handled through Student Financial Services as third party billing

Tuition Assistance Military forms

• DA2171E – National Guard
• AF1227 – Air Force
• DD1558 – Marines

Pertinent Information that needs to be filled out includes

• Student information (section 1)
• School information (section 2)
• All course information for each course to be taken (section 3 a-h)
• Dollar amount paid by military/dollar amount paid by soldier (section 3 j&k)
• Commanding officer signature (section 4)
• Signature of education officer (section 5 a,b,c&d)
• Control number (top right hand corner)
• Cover letter from education officer to accompany form 2171 or 1227

Military Contact Information

Army National Guard

National Guard Headquarters
50 Maple Street
Milford, MA 01757
Tuition Assistance Mgr.
2LT Brian McNeil
(508) 233-6762

Air National Guard*

Education Offices – Massachusetts:
Otis AFB – (508) 968-4189
Barnes AFB – (413) 568-9151 x1224
Milford - (888) 301-3103 x6543

*Student needs to be full-time active duty

Active Duty Military

Hanscom Education Office
Education Services Officer
Gail Meyer (781) 377-5903

*Out of state students: please contact your education officer on base or at your unit.

UMass/Lowell Contact Information

Student Financial Services/3rd party billing

Phone: (978) 934-3570
Fax: (978) 934-3057
Email: StudentFinancialServ@uml.edu 

Registrar’s Office

Registration: (978) 934-2550
Fax: (978) 934-4076

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