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United States Military Academy

Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach National

Location West Point, NY

Population 1,200,000

Website http://www.usma.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,439

Men / Women 78% / 22%

White 64%

Asian 13%

Hispanic 10%

Black 8%

Mixed 2%

Native American 1%

International 1%

From State 6%

From Region 15%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 33%

Engineering 24%

Business & Economics 19%

Physical Sciences & Math 7%

Professional 6%

Computer Science 5%

Life & Natural Sciences 4%

Health Sciences 1%

Financial

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 95%

4-Year Graduation Rate 84%

6-Year Graduation Rate 87%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)

Sunshine Hours 2,350 (21%)

Days Without Precipitation 235 (25%)

Admissions

Uses Common App No

Acceptance Rate 12%

Yield (Unbound) 78%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3

Expenditure

Engineering, Computing & Math	$16M	#178
Humanities & Social Sciences	$3M	#197
Life & Natural Sciences	$3M	#354

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required

Submitted Test Scores 100%

SAT Range 1240 – 1390

SAT Math Range 600 – 720

SAT RW Range 600 – 710

ACT Range 27 – 33

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).

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
United States Military Academy	1,072	78% / 22%	1%	$74,009
Chemical Engineering	18 —	61% / 39%	6%	$96,534	—	—
Civil Engineering	35 —	83% / 17%	0%	$84,733	—	—
Electrical Engineering	19 —	84% / 16%	11%	$97,284	—	—
Environmental Engineering	10 —	50% / 50%	0%	$79,318	—	—
Mechanical Engineering	84 —	88% / 12%	0%	$92,180	—	—
Nuclear Engineering	21 —	86% / 14%	0%	$92,755	—	—
Operations Research	9 +2	100% / 0%	11%	$95,070	—	—
Systems Engineering	62 —	82% / 18%	0%	$95,312	—	—
Computer Science	41 —	88% / 12%	5%	$104,061	—	—
Cybersecurity	10 —	90% / 10%	0%	$81,464	—	—
Information Technology	4 —	75% / 25%	0%	$90,714	—	—
Applied Chemistry	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$73,084	—	—
Chemistry	19 —	68% / 32%	0%	$65,589	—	—
Mathematics	6 +2	33% / 67%	0%	$72,812	—	—
Physics	14 —	93% / 7%	7%	$76,587	—	—
Statistics	10 —	70% / 30%	10%	$91,902	—	—
Systems Science and Theory	30 —	93% / 7%	0%	$86,155	—	—
Biology	29 —	66% / 34%	0%	$60,449	—	—
Environmental Science	18 —	61% / 39%	0%	$53,702	—	—
Kinesiology	14 —	57% / 43%	0%	$55,425	—	—
Economics	75 +1	96% / 4%	0%	$78,708	—	—
Engineering Management	57 +1	86% / 14%	2%	$79,014	—	—
Management	43 —	67% / 33%	2%	$78,073	—	—
Organizational Behavior and Leadership	27 —	78% / 22%	0%	$65,552	—	—
African Studies	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$52,315	—	—
American History	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$52,792	—	—
American Politics	17 —	71% / 29%	0%	$62,461	—	—
Applied Psychology	26 —	38% / 62%	0%	$52,965	—	—
Arabic	6 +1	67% / 33%	0%	$52,930	—	—
Chinese	6 +3	67% / 33%	0%	$52,727	—	—
Cognitive Science	17 —	59% / 41%	0%	$51,312	—	—
English	8 +1	75% / 25%	0%	$48,979	—	—
European Studies	2 —	100% / 0%	0%	$52,384	—	—
Foreign Languages	6 —	67% / 33%	0%	$52,811	—	—
French	7 +3	57% / 43%	0%	$52,707	—	—
Geography	23 +2	48% / 52%	0%	$58,957	—	—
Geospatial Information Science	39 —	85% / 15%	3%	$59,468	—	—
German	1 +1	100% / 0%	0%	$53,402	—	—
History	12 +1	83% / 17%	0%	$52,228	—	—
International Affairs	59 —	71% / 29%	2%	$62,069	—	—
Law	56 +1	71% / 29%	0%	$58,727	—	—
Middle Eastern Studies	5 —	100% / 0%	0%	$52,276	—	—
Military History	7 —	86% / 14%	0%	$52,482	—	—
Persian	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$53,509	—	—
Philosophy	9 —	44% / 56%	0%	$51,261	—	—
Portuguese	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$52,978	—	—
Russian	5 —	80% / 20%	0%	$52,824	—	—
Russian Studies	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$52,152	—	—
Sociology	27 —	63% / 37%	0%	$51,341	—	—
Spanish	6 +1	83% / 17%	0%	$52,917	—	—
Mechanical Engineering Technology	— —	—	—	$79,636	—	—
Military Applied Sciences	50 +1	92% / 8%	2%	$75,062	—	—
Nuclear Engineering Technology	— —	—	—	$79,670	—	—
Space Systems Operations	15 —	93% / 7%	0%	$74,483	—	—

Rankings

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