Military Spouses

Military Spouse Education Programs & Services

For many military spouses, it can be challenging to complete a degree or maintain a career between frequent PCSing. Ashworth’s military-friendly online education makes it easy! We offer flexible, affordable, accredited programs to help you reach your education goals. With more than 100 career-focused certificates and degrees available, you’ll be able to prepare for the well-paid, portable career you want.

We offer many advantages for military spouses:

Dedicated Military Advisors

To help you get started, Ashworth has assembled a team of Military Advisors dedicated to giving you the help you need. Whether it’s navigating through the application process, maximizing your education benefits, transferring credits or matching your course work with your interests, our Military Advisors will provide you with one-on-one assistance from now until you graduate. You can reach them at 1-877-758-7630.

Military Tuition Assistance

Complete your education with little to no out-of-pocket costs. Our nationally accredited online programs are affordable at less than $80 per credit hour, making your military benefits go further. Get your college degree or train for a high-demand career. Eligible Military Spouses Can Get Up To $6,000 In Education Benefits!

MyCAA – Thanks to the Department of Defense's Career Advancement Account (MyCAA), military spouses who currently have a MyCAA account can get up to $6,000 in education benefits for their career program of choice.

Military-Friendly Online Programs

You never need to worry about interrupting your education due to sudden deployments or relocations. Because there are no schedules to follow or classes to attend, Our programs are flexible and portable, allowing you to study at your own pace from anywhere in the world. Once you’re settled in your new home, you can pick up right where you left off.

Ashworth Military Advisors will help you focus on your personal interests, explore work-at-home options, and gain work skills and training that will move with you – giving you the edge you need to find stability in an unpredictable and mobile life. Right now, high-demand careers can be found in health care, child care, criminal justice, business, human resources, information technology and more.

Credit for what you already know

Apply existing college credits and work/life experience toward an Ashworth College degree and graduate faster. Ashworth students may receive up to 75% for transfer credit in undergraduate degree programs and 50% in Masters degree programs.

How to begin using your Military Education Benefits

Before starting the process, contact an Ashworth Military Advisor to help with the application process, discuss your educational goals, and develop a career plan to meet those goals. Give us a call at: 1-877-758-7630.

Follow these steps and you'll be studying in no time:

1. Visit https://aiportal.acc.af.mil/mycaa.


2. Check your eligibility with real time automatic DEERS verification.


3. Read the MyCAA fact sheet and sign the statement of understanding (SOU).


4. Create your profile.


5. Create your career plan on the MyCAA portal by selecting Ashworth and loading your class and cost information.


6. Once your career plan has been approved you can apply for MyCAA funding.


7. Notify your Ashworth Military Advisor that you have been approved so that your paperwork can be processed promptly.

Tips for Success:

Before you begin, you might want to have the following information handy:

• The correct classes and tuition costs for your program. Any incorrect information (i.e., incorrect course numbers) will delay the process.


• Taking college classes for the first time? Start with an Associate Degree. All Ashworth Associate Degrees will receive full credit towards our Bachelor programs.


• Apply for funding that will cover your entire program start to finish. That way you will not have to go back and reapply for more funding later.


• Recommended completion time for an Associate Degree is 6 months per semester. A Career Diploma is 3 months.

For additional information, see facts about tuition benefits.

If you're ready to discuss MyCAA or just have questions about one of our programs, speak with a Military Advisor at 1-877-758-7630.