Vet Up!® Eligibility Requirements

Vet Up! is open to individuals who are:

U.S. citizens
Non-citizen nationals
Foreign nationals who possess a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States

Participants must also establish an educationally or economically disadvantaged background by meeting two or more of the following criteria:

The individual is from a rural background.
The individual is the first-generation in their family to attend college (neither parent nor legal guardian completed a Bachelor’s degree or higher).
The individual graduated from (or last attended) a high school that, based on the most recent annual data available, had:
- Less than 60% of seniors receiving a high school diploma; or
- Less than 60% of graduates going to college the first year after graduation; or
- Over half of the enrolled students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.
Low family annual income based the 2025 Poverty Guidelines and validated by federal income tax return. A family is a group of two or more individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live together. A household may be only one person.

Low Income Levels** Based on the 2025 Poverty Guidelines

Size of Parents’ Family*	48 Contiguous States and D.C.	Alaska	Hawaii
1	$15,650	$19,550	$17,990
2	$21,150	$26,430	$24,320
3	$26,650	$33,310	$30,650
4	$32,150	$40,190	$36,980
5	$37,650	$47,070	$43,310
6	$43,150	$53,950	$49,640
7	$48,650	$60,830	$55,970
8	$54,1500	$67,710	$62,300
For each additional person, add	$5,500	$6,800	$6,330

* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms. Some programs will use the student’s family rather than his or her parents’ family.