Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been honored by Military Friendly Magazine as a 2026–27 “Military Friendly School.”
IUP earned “silver status” from the magazine editors, recognizing IUP’s commitment to “creating meaningful education paths for the military community” and for “supporting veterans and service members.”
This is IUP’s eleventh recognition for the Military Friendly Schools rankings.
IUP opened the Military Resource Center (now the Military and Veterans Resource Center) in January 2014 under IUP President Michael Driscoll’s direction. The Center serves as a one-stop information and referral site to help veterans and military-affiliated students transition to college life and achieve their academic goals, working collaboratively with IUP programs and services. The 2016 name change to Military and Veterans Resource Center reflected the Center absorbing the responsibilities of the Veterans Affairs Benefits Office.
IUP welcomed 855 veteran and military-affiliated students in fall 2025. Of this number, 714 veteran or military-affiliated students are in undergraduate programs, 102 in graduate programs, and 39 in career-preparation programs. More than 3,600 IUP graduates have served in the United States military.
“We are honored to have so many veterans and military-affiliated students choose IUP and very proud of IUP’s selection as a ‘Military Friendly School,’” IUP President Driscoll said. “IUP is fully committed to meeting our students where they are, providing the support that they need to achieve success, including the unique needs of our veteran and military-affiliated students,” he said.
“The Military and Veterans Resource Center and Center Director Tedd Cogar are doing an outstanding job providing both important assistance to our veteran and military-affiliated students and also creating a welcoming community for them,” President Driscoll said.
IUP is a participant in the Yellow Ribbon program, a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 that allows US colleges and universities to enter into an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate.