United States Air Force Academy

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 700,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95% 😎) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,107 (91% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 278 (87%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,162
Men / Women 71% / 29%
From State 5%
From Region 9%

Racial/Ethnic

White 63%
Hispanic 11%
Mixed 9%
Asian 8%
Black 5%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
United States Air Force Academy 919 70% 66% 8% 5% 11% 2% $89,963 89 +0.36 96
Aerospace Engineering 121 — 85% 70% 5% 2% 9% 3% $104,850 69 +0.29 99 — — — — —
Astronautical Engineering — — — — — — — — $102,438 49 -0.02 98 — — — — —
Civil Engineering 51 — 65% 63% 8% 6% 12% 2% $95,768 73 +0.49 98 — — — — —
Electrical & Computer Engineering 39 +1 74% 64% 10% 5% 3% 5% $119,977 69 +0.14 99 — — — — —
Engineering Science 2 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $101,654 68 +0.24 98 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 19 +1 74% 74% 16% 0% 5% 0% $101,206 66 +0.25 98 — — — — —
Operations Research 18 +1 72% 67% 22% 0% 0% 0% $107,588 37 -0.39 99 — — — — —
Systems Engineering 69 — 62% 74% 6% 7% 6% 1% $109,386 42 -0.28 99 — — — — —
Computer Science 39 — 79% 51% 15% 13% 13% 3% $122,013 54 -0.09 99 — — — — —
Cyber and Electronic Warfare 9 +1 89% 56% 22% 11% 11% 0% $118,111 93 +1.29 99 — — — — —
Data Science 18 +3 50% 72% 11% 6% 0% 6% $116,294 72 +0.23 99 — — — — —
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 4 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $67,498 62 +0.22 84 — — — — —
Chemistry 16 — 81% 44% 6% 6% 31% 0% $72,235 61 +0.06 88 — — — — —
Mathematics 11 +15 55% 82% 0% 0% 9% 0% $88,029 66 +0.10 96 — — — — —
Meteorology — — — — — — — — $68,749 69 +0.33 85 — — — — —
Physical Sciences 2 — 50% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $86,154 63 +0.19 95 — — — — —
Physics 9 — 67% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $88,114 68 +0.33 96 — — — — —
Biology 75 +2 40% 52% 16% 1% 13% 1% $70,565 71 +0.48 87 — — — — —
Economics 24 +1 88% 58% 17% 8% 8% 0% $95,811 59 -0.08 98 — — — — —
Economics — — — — — — — — $96,084 60 -0.07 98 — — — — —
Management 131 — 82% 67% 4% 11% 11% 1% $90,291 82 +0.66 96 — — — — —
English 9 +9 56% 67% 0% 0% 11% 0% $58,817 83 +0.78 75 — — — — —
General Studies 3 — 67% 33% 0% 67% 0% 0% $64,730 87 +0.71 82 — — — — —
History 22 — 91% 77% 9% 9% 0% 0% $62,955 84 +0.59 80 — — — — —
Philosophy 8 +2 88% 62% 0% 0% 12% 0% $65,476 71 +0.30 82 — — — — —
Behavioral Science 53 +1 34% 62% 6% 8% 13% 0% $64,074 94 +1.37 81 — — — — —
Geography — — — — — — — — $68,964 83 +0.79 85 — — — — —
Geography 26 — 69% 73% 4% 0% 12% 4% $68,204 80 +0.70 85 — — — — —
Humanities 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $62,353 78 +0.50 79 — — — — —
International Affairs — — — — — — — — $73,133 54 +0.02 88 — — — — —
International/Global Studies 24 +2 54% 54% 4% 12% 25% 0% $72,004 53 -0.04 88 — — — — —
Political Science 27 +1 67% 70% 11% 4% 7% 4% $72,525 55 +0.02 88 — — — — —
Social Science 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,134 83 +0.57 80 — — — — —
Applied Science — — — — — — — — $83,239 23 -0.46 94 — — — — —
Geospatial Intelligence — — — — — — — — $77,547 45 +0.01 91 — — — — —
Legal Studies 32 — 53% 59% 6% 3% 25% 0% $66,582 84 +0.92 83 — — — — —
Military Science 56 +1 89% 77% 2% 0% 11% 0% $78,180 60 +0.07 91 — — — — —
Military and Strategic Studies — — — — — — — — $76,245 32 -0.10 90 — — — — —
Space Operations — — — — — — — — $83,942 20 -0.71 94 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $0
Est. Cost of Attendance $0
ROI Percentile 96th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%
4-Year Graduation Rate 84%
6-Year Graduation Rate 88%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 34.7% 319 74% 69% 8% 4% 7% 3% $106,146 66 +0.14 99 — —
Business & Economics 16.9% 155 83% 66% 6% 10% 11% 1% $91,146 75 +0.54 96 — —
Social Sciences 14.4% 132 51% 64% 6% 6% 14% 2% $68,038 82 +0.69 85 — —
Professional 9.6% 88 76% 70% 3% 1% 16% 0% $73,963 64 +0.38 89 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 8.2% 75 40% 52% 16% 1% 13% 1% $70,565 65 +0.48 87 — —
Computer Science 7.2% 66 73% 58% 15% 11% 9% 3% $119,921 65 +0.19 99 — —
Humanities 4.6% 42 81% 69% 5% 10% 5% 0% $62,675 84 +0.58 80 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 4.6% 42 69% 69% 2% 2% 17% 0% $79,986 50 +0.15 92 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $37.1M #116 97% $0.6M — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $9.3M #165 100% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $4.2M #232 99% $0.0M — — — —
Computer Science $1.3M #211 99% $0.0M — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.2M #461 71% $0.0M — — — —
Business & Economics $0.1M #331 36% $0.1M — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $52.2M #199 98% $0.7M — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 12.0%
Yield (non-ED) 78%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 12% 12% —

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1230 – 1440
SAT Math Range 610 – 730
SAT RW Range 620 – 710