VUB Eligibility Requirements

Anyone who wishes to benefit from our FREE educational services must first meet a few simple eligibility requirements: 
 

• All VUB participants must have completed at least 180 days of active service and must have better than a dishonorable discharge.

• All VUB participants must be either low-income (based on federal income charts) or potential first generation college students (neither parent earned a baccalaureate degree). In addition, two-thirds (66.6%) of the participants must be BOTH low-income AND potential first generation college students.

• All Participants must live within our service area, which surrounds Bowling Green.

• All participants must demonstrate academic potential and yet have academic need.

Counties in VUB Service Area

Currently, VUB's service area covers eleven (11) counties surrounding Bowling Green, Kentucky. To be eligible for our free services, veterans must be residents of the following Kentucky counties:

VUB is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education (Fiscal Year 07-08: $278,881). The opinions expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of either the U.S. Department of Education or Western Kentucky University, and no official endorsement should be inferred.