Military Students

Distance Calculus is very proud to support our military students - whether you are active duty or an honorably discharged veteran. Our online, asynchronous program gives military students the opportunity to study collegiate mathematics from anywhere in the world, on a schedule that bends around the realities of military service.

Military Tuition Reduction

Roger Williams University offers a meaningful tuition reduction for active-duty and honorably-discharged U.S. Military personnel:

• Regular RWU-University College Students: $433 per credit hour
• U.S. Military Students: $250 per credit hour

To qualify for this tuition reduction, submit a scan or image of your active U.S. Military ID or your DD-214 form as part of the Enrollment Process.

A Strong Roger Williams ↔ U.S. Navy Connection

Roger Williams University is physically based in Rhode Island, where the university works extensively with the U.S. Navy. We are proud of that relationship and proud to extend the same support to military students from every branch, anywhere in the world.

Why Military Students Succeed in Distance Calculus

Military students almost always have a fantastic experience in our courses, and the reason is straightforward: military training builds the exact discipline these courses require. Distance Calculus is asynchronous, but it is also highly structured - mastery-based, progressive, demanding consistency. Self-discipline is not optional. It is the single most reliable predictor of success in this format. Military students arrive with that skill already trained.

Naval Aviators on Aircraft Carriers, and Other Stories

Over the years we have had military students complete Distance Calculus courses under circumstances most people would find astonishing. We have had naval aviators based on aircraft carriers sailing the world's oceans - flying their missions during on-duty hours and, when off duty, opening their laptops on the carrier and continuing their Distance Calculus coursework over the ship's internet connection. The work counts toward their academic goals, which often tie directly into promotion eligibility and officer training opportunities. That kind of completion story is genuinely common in our military student population.

Flexibility for When Duty Calls

Military students enrolling with us frequently express the same concern up front: "What if my military duties get in the way?" That concern is well-founded for a traditional synchronous lecture-based course - if you have a quiz Thursday night and you're called to duty, you can't simply not go to duty, and the academic course gives you no real way to absorb that. In that environment, military service genuinely conflicts with academic enrollment.

Distance Calculus is built differently. Flexibility is baked into the entire program. If your duties become all-consuming for weeks - or even months - the course can be paused. When your schedule frees up again, you simply resume where you left off. There is no penalty, no missed deadlines, no scrambling to catch up to a class that has moved on without you. That structural fit is the reason military students consistently complete our courses regardless of what their service throws at them.

Thank you for your service.

We are honored to support all of our military students.

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Distance Calculus and Military Students: Video

GI-Bill and Yellow Ribbon Program Benefits

Unfortunately, Roger Williams University is unable to offer support for GI-Bill / Yellow Ribbon Program benefits to students enrolled in the Distance Calculus program.

Students who enroll in Distance Calculus are classified as "non-matriculating students", which means these students are not seeking a degree from Roger Williams University. This has pluses and minuses - the pluses include the flexible enrollment, the streamlined enrollment process, and individualized timeline completion for your courses; the minuses include not being able to support financial aid awards like the GI-Bill/Yellow Ribbon which have stricter requirements that just do not fit with the flexible nature of Distance Calculus.