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GI Bill Enrollments by Institution Data

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Description

This dataset shows, by institution, the number of GI Bill recipients as well as the amount of money received through the GI Bill. The data is available back to 2013 and is updated annually.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

  • Which institutions in the US have the most GI Bill beneficiaries enrolled?
  • What institutions are seeing increasing enrollment of GI beneficiaries over time?

Metrics

  • GiBill: The number of GI Bill beneficiaries enrolled at the institution in the year selected.
  • YellowRibbon: The number of students at the institution receiving yellow ribbon scholarships in the year selected.
  • YellowRibbonAmount: Total yellow ribbon amount paid to the institution in the year selected.
  • GiBill911: The number of Post-9/11 recipients at the institution receiving tuition payments under the program in the year selected.
  • GiBill911TuitionFees: Total Post-911 amount paid to the institution for tuition and fees in the year selected.

Filters

  • Institution
  • Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

AttributeDescription
Dataset IDEMSI.us.Veterans_Affairs
Dataset URLhttps://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Veterans_Affairs/{version}
Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

Aggregation Path

1234

Level

1NationMetropolitan USNationMetropolitan US
2StateMSAStateMSA
3CountyCountyCountyCounty
4Zip CodeZip CodeCensus TractCensus Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.us.Veterans_Affairs/2025.4

Metrics

[
{
  "name": "GiBill.2013"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2014"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2015"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2016"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2017"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2018"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2019"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2020"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2021"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2022"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2023"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill.2024"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2013"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2014"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2015"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2016"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2017"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2018"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2019"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2020"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2021"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2022"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2023"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbon.2024"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2013"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2014"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2015"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2016"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2017"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2018"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2019"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2020"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2021"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2022"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2023"
},
{
  "name": "YellowRibbonAmount.2024"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2013"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2014"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2015"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2016"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2017"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2018"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2019"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2020"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2021"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2022"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2023"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911.2024"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2013"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2014"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2015"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2016"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2017"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2018"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2019"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2020"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2021"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2022"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2023"
},
{
  "name": "GiBill911TuitionFees.2024"
}
]

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Unit",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "0"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2013",
"name": "Veterans_Affairs",
"path": "Veterans_Affairs",
"type": "dataset",
"maxYearInclusive": "2024",
"description": "# Description\n\nThis dataset shows, by institution, the number of GI Bill recipients as well as the amount of money received through the GI Bill. The data is available back to 2013 and is updated annually.\n\n# Use Cases\n\n#### Questions answered by this dataset:\n\n* Which institutions in the US have the most GI Bill beneficiaries enrolled?\n* What institutions are seeing increasing enrollment of GI beneficiaries over time?\n\n# Metrics\n\n* GiBill: The number of GI Bill beneficiaries enrolled at the institution in the year selected.\n* YellowRibbon: The number of students at the institution receiving yellow ribbon scholarships in the year selected.\n* YellowRibbonAmount: Total yellow ribbon amount paid to the institution in the year selected.\n* GiBill911: The number of Post-9/11 recipients at the institution receiving tuition payments under the program in the year selected.\n* GiBill911TuitionFees: Total Post-911 amount paid to the institution for tuition and fees in the year selected.\n\n# Filters\n\n* Institution\n* Year\n",
"countryCode": "us",
"displayName": "US GI Bill Enrollments by Institution",
"currentYear": "2024",
"releaseDate": "2025-09-25 19:39:53.5663403Z",
"datarun": "2025.4"
}

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