The Army National Guard (ARNG): Programs to support your education goals including tuition assistance, the GI Bill, and other education programs. The following guide will help you avoid wasting these benefits. Tuition assistance program guidelines, application procedures and the policies for determining eligibility vary between the Army Guard and Air Guard. Select the following link to get detailed information about National Guard Tuition Assistance. Not what your looking for? Return to Military Education Guide.

The Army National Guard (ARNG) Education Support Center (ESC), located at the Professional Education Center (PEC) in Arkansas, is the focal point for education benefits for ARNG Soldiers, their dependents, and civilian employees of the ARNG.

The ARNG ESC provides GI Bill eligibility analysis, educational counseling, degree planning, and various other educational services to Soldiers located in all 50 States and 4 Territories, as a supplement to the State Education Offices. The ESC also counsels and assists Soldiers and civilian workers who visit PEC for conferences and resident classes.

The ESC also provides information about the Active Duty, Reserve, and REAP GI Bills, the ARNG GI Bill Kicker, and the Work Study programs. The ESC provides guidance to Soldiers on various educational assistance programs including Federal and Active Army Tuition Assistance, state funded programs, Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarships, and the Student Loan Repayment Program.

The ESC provides support for testing programs for college credit such as CLEP (Links to CLEP) College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), college entrance such as Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE), and Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), certification and licensing exams, as well as test preparation programs. They assist in administering the General Educational Development (GED) Plus test to new recruits.

The ESC also offers counseling for programs such as Troops to Teachers, Spouses to Teachers, Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOCGuard), eDISCOVER, Army e-Learning, ACE Army Registry Transcript System (AARTS), and Degree Planning.

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In addition to tuition assistance you may be eligible for service specific scholarships, college funds, and other education assistance programs that can help you reach your education goals. To learn more about your specific education benefits, check out the following related links:

• Education Benefits for Air Force
• Education Benefits for Army
• Selected Reserve GI Bill User’s Guide
• Reserve Education Assistance Program