United States Military Academy

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 1,200,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,350 (21%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (25%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,546
Men / Women 78% / 22%
From State 6%
From Region 15%

Racial/Ethnic

White 64%
Asian 12%
Hispanic 12%
Black 9%
Native American 2%
Mixed 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 Military Academy 1,041 75% 63% 10% 11% 12% 1% $85,250 83 +0.21 95
Chemical Engineering 30 — 67% 70% 10% 3% 10% 3% $100,446 28 -0.52 98 — — — — —
Civil Engineering 37 — 89% 78% 5% 5% 11% 0% $95,210 70 +0.41 98 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 19 — 84% 74% 5% 11% 5% 0% $116,719 61 -0.02 99 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 8 — 50% 75% 12% 12% 0% 0% $86,132 47 +0.10 95 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 73 +1 86% 60% 8% 10% 11% 4% $99,341 58 +0.02 98 — — — — —
Nuclear Engineering 22 — 82% 64% 9% 9% 14% 0% $101,072 21 -0.63 98 — — — — —
Operations Research 8 — 62% 75% 12% 0% 12% 0% $103,698 23 -0.64 99 — — — — —
Systems Engineering 59 — 78% 54% 20% 17% 7% 2% $104,947 27 -0.56 99 — — — — —
Computer Science 38 +1 79% 61% 13% 5% 13% 5% $122,094 55 -0.08 100 — — — — —
Cybersecurity 21 — 90% 43% 10% 10% 29% 5% $100,764 72 +0.38 98 — — — — —
Information Technology 2 — 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $104,142 67 +0.29 99 — — — — —
Applied Chemistry — — — — — — — — $77,391 80 +0.56 91 — — — — —
Chemistry 10 — 60% 60% 10% 0% 20% 0% $72,243 61 +0.06 89 — — — — —
Physics 15 — 87% 93% 0% 0% 7% 0% $88,894 70 +0.38 96 — — — — —
Statistics 24 +2 71% 67% 21% 8% 4% 0% $103,206 51 -0.17 99 — — — — —
Systems Science and Theory 45 — 93% 53% 7% 24% 11% 0% $97,992 40 -0.34 98 — — — — —
Biology 32 +1 41% 50% 25% 6% 19% 0% $73,068 83 +0.77 89 — — — — —
Environmental Science 21 — 62% 62% 5% 14% 19% 0% $64,372 80 +0.72 83 — — — — —
Kinesiology 13 — 46% 85% 0% 8% 8% 0% $66,903 74 +0.60 85 — — — — —
Economics — — — — — — — — $95,776 59 -0.08 98 — — — — —
Economics 51 — 92% 69% 14% 0% 14% 2% $95,920 60 -0.08 98 — — — — —
Engineering Management 47 — 91% 79% 6% 4% 6% 2% $91,675 85 +0.73 97 — — — — —
Management 42 — 90% 64% 17% 5% 7% 0% $90,250 82 +0.66 97 — — — — —
Organizational Behavior and Leadership 15 — 67% 40% 0% 33% 13% 0% $82,532 80 +0.47 94 — — — — —
African Studies — — — — — — — — $62,816 66 +0.29 81 — — — — —
American History 10 — 50% 60% 0% 20% 20% 0% $63,074 84 +0.60 81 — — — — —
Arabic 6 — 67% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% $65,253 73 +0.64 83 — — — — —
Chinese 5 +2 100% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $65,233 73 +0.64 83 — — — — —
English 6 — 17% 67% 0% 0% 17% 0% $59,695 87 +0.89 78 — — — — —
European Studies 2 — 50% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% $62,636 65 +0.27 81 — — — — —
Foreign Languages 5 — 40% 60% 20% 20% 0% 0% $65,376 77 +0.65 83 — — — — —
French 5 — 60% 60% 0% 0% 40% 0% $65,106 73 +0.63 83 — — — — —
German 8 +1 62% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,551 77 +0.67 84 — — — — —
History 18 — 56% 39% 6% 28% 28% 0% $63,348 85 +0.63 82 — — — — —
Latin American Studies 4 — 50% 25% 0% 0% 75% 0% $62,761 66 +0.28 81 — — — — —
Middle Eastern Studies — — — — — — — — $62,605 65 +0.27 81 — — — — —
Military History 20 +1 100% 85% 0% 10% 5% 0% $63,521 85 +0.64 82 — — — — —
Persian 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,043 77 +0.71 84 — — — — —
Philosophy 14 +4 64% 71% 7% 21% 0% 0% $64,814 67 +0.25 83 — — — — —
Portuguese 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $65,545 77 +0.67 84 — — — — —
Russian 8 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,632 77 +0.68 84 — — — — —
Russian Studies 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $62,993 68 +0.30 81 — — — — —
Spanish 5 — 60% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $65,346 77 +0.65 83 — — — — —
American Politics 16 — 75% 75% 6% 0% 19% 0% $72,768 56 +0.04 89 — — — — —
Applied Psychology 28 — 43% 39% 18% 21% 18% 0% $62,911 89 +1.19 81 — — — — —
Cognitive Science 17 — 53% 53% 12% 18% 6% 0% $73,732 36 -0.38 89 — — — — —
Geography 13 — 46% 54% 8% 15% 15% 0% $66,256 74 +0.47 84 — — — — —
Geospatial Information Science 26 — 62% 69% 19% 12% 0% 0% $66,834 77 +0.54 85 — — — — —
International Affairs 34 +1 59% 59% 15% 3% 12% 9% $73,298 55 +0.03 89 — — — — —
Sociology 21 +2 57% 33% 5% 48% 14% 0% $63,158 83 +0.57 81 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering Technology 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $89,774 49 +0.09 96 — — — — —
Law 48 — 73% 67% 6% 15% 6% 0% $66,809 85 +0.95 85 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering Technology — — — — — — — — $89,573 47 +0.07 96 — — — — —
Military Applied Sciences 67 +1 94% 64% 6% 12% 13% 3% $76,378 44 -0.09 91 — — — — —
Nuclear Engineering Technology 2 — 100% 0% 50% 0% 50% 0% $89,933 51 +0.10 96 — — — — —
Space Systems Operations 17 +1 76% 53% 12% 12% 18% 0% $76,219 32 -0.10 91 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $0
Est. Cost of Attendance $0
ROI Percentile 95th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 95%
4-Year Graduation Rate 84%
6-Year Graduation Rate 87%
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 24.6% 256 80% 65% 11% 10% 9% 2% $101,327 49 -0.20 98 — —
Business & Economics 14.9% 155 89% 68% 11% 6% 10% 1% $91,801 76 +0.42 97 — —
Social Sciences 14.9% 155 56% 54% 13% 16% 12% 2% $68,366 83 +0.39 86 — —
Professional 13.0% 135 84% 62% 7% 13% 12% 1% $73,256 62 +0.29 89 — —
Humanities 11.4% 119 66% 68% 3% 13% 14% 0% $64,069 88 +0.59 82 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 9.0% 94 83% 64% 10% 14% 10% 0% $95,132 79 -0.14 98 — —
Computer Science 5.9% 61 82% 52% 11% 8% 20% 5% $114,162 57 +0.09 99 — —
Life & Natural Sciences 3.1% 32 41% 50% 25% 6% 19% 0% $73,068 79 +0.77 89 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 2.0% 21 62% 62% 5% 14% 19% 0% $64,372 69 +0.72 83 — —
Health Sciences 1.2% 13 46% 85% 0% 8% 8% 0% $66,903 13 +0.60 85 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $10.3M #191 89% $0.1M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $5.3M #215 98% $0.0M — — — —
Computer Science $2.9M #169 92% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $2.6M #142 100% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.6M #381 92% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.6M #374 78% $0.1M — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Total $22.2M #252 93% $0.2M — — — —

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 No
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 1200 – 1430
SAT Math Range 600 – 720
SAT RW Range 600 – 710