 1.5 million veterans have used this law to pay for college since then.The bill covers the cost of in-state tuition, but not the cost of out-of-state tuition, forcing veterans to pay the difference or spend a lot of time (up to a year) waiting to meet the residency requirement of that state.Average in-state tuition in the United States is around $9,000, while average out-of-state tuition is close to $22,000.