How much is the GI Bill housing allowance in Nebraska?

It depends on where your school is. In Nebraska the 2026 full-time rate ranges from $1,788.00 a month in Lincoln to $2,085.00 in Omaha/Offutt AFB. The allowance follows the ZIP code of the campus you attend, not the state as a whole.

Is the GI Bill housing allowance set by state?

No. The Monthly Housing Allowance is based on the military BAH rate for an E-5 with dependents at your school's ZIP code, so two schools in the same state can pay very different amounts.

GI Bill housing allowance in Nebraska

The Post-9/11 GI Bill Monthly Housing Allowance for every military housing area in Nebraska, using the official DoD rates effective January 1, 2026.

Your rate follows your school, not your state

People search for this by state, so here it is by state. But the honest answer is that the VA sets your housing allowance from the ZIP code of the campus you attend, using the military BAH rate for an E-5 with dependents there. That means two schools in Nebraska can pay very different amounts: $1,788.00 a month in Lincoln versus $2,085.00 in Omaha/Offutt AFB, a difference of $297.00 every month.

2026 rates by housing area

Full-time enrollment at 100 percent eligibility. Scale it down if your GI Bill percentage or rate of pursuit is lower.

Housing area	Monthly MHA	At 70%	ZIP codes
Lincoln	$1,788.00	$1,251.60	43
Omaha/Offutt AFB	$2,085.00	$1,459.50	93

The national average across all 51 states and D.C. is $2,289.81 a month. Every area in Nebraska sits below it.

Get your exact number

Enter your school's ZIP code, your GI Bill percentage, and your rate of pursuit, and the calculator shows the math step by step.

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What changes the number

Your eligibility percentage. The rates above assume 100 percent. At 70 percent you receive 70 percent of the figure shown. The tiers are 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, and 50; there is no 40 percent tier.
Your rate of pursuit. You must be enrolled at more than half time to receive any housing allowance at all.
Online-only study. If every class is online, you get a flat national rate instead of the local one, regardless of where you live.
Partial months and breaks. The first and last months of a term are prorated by day, and nothing is paid between terms.

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Informational only. Rates are the published DoD Basic Allowance for Housing tables effective January 1, 2026, applied to the published Post-9/11 GI Bill rules. GI Bill housing has its own effective-date rules and the official amount is always what the VA states and pays. MusterVault is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense.