---
kind: "unit"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
key: "ch17"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 17"
heading: "National Defense Education Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/ch17"
sections_count: 21
---

# Chapter 17 — National Defense Education Program

Title 20 — Education

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/20/ch17-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Learning](/usc/20/ch17-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Financial Assistance for Strengthening Instruction in Academic Subjects](/usc/20/ch17-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — National Defense Fellowships](/usc/20/ch17-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Guidance, Counseling, and Testing; Identification and Encouragement of Able Students](/usc/20/ch17-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Foreign Studies and Language Development](/usc/20/ch17-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Research and Experimentation in More Effective Utilization of Television, Radio, Motion Pictures, and Related Media for Educational Purposes](/usc/20/ch17-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/20/ch17-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Institutes](/usc/20/ch17-schIX.md)