This is a school that is military-friendly, has low tuition fees and offers SOC benefits. SOC stands for Servicemen Opportunity Colleges, and it specifically targets servicemen and their families with opportunities to complete their studies, even with constant moving around.
Columbia College allows for a combination of online classes and seat-in classes for army spouses. They also offer the Spouse Opportunity Scholarship and a hefty 20% discount for all undergraduate seat-in classes.
Columbia College also offers placement services which give army spouses a chance for landing a job after graduating.
The University of Idaho has a special program called Operation Education which offers special consideration for scholarship awards if one is a veteran or an army spouse. The main requirement is that the soldier served the country after September 11, 2001. The support covers tuition, housing, transportation, books, and school fees, among others.
Through Distance Education Org, an army spouse can find a college that offers online courses of her or his preference. It has over 3,000 online degree courses but the most popular are psychology, business, and education. Some of the schools associated with this organization are Kaplan University, Anna Maria College, Benedictine University, and California State University.
SOCAD is under the SOC program and has member colleges tied in to offer bachelor and associate degree courses. The network is extensive and classes are accredited, even if the army spouse moves to a different location. This program is only available to adults, such as army spouses and adult children. It does not cover primary and secondary education. The classes can be taken through distance learning or if the army spouses live near the college, they can take classes the traditional way.