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United States Naval Academy

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Annapolis, MD
Population 1,200,000
Website http://www.usna.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,465
Men / Women 70% / 30%
White 57%
Hispanic 15%
Asian 11%
Mixed 9%
Black 7%
Native American 1%
International 1%
From State 7%
From Region 11%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering 42%
Humanities & Social Sciences 24%
Physical Sciences & Math 13%
Business & Economics 12%
Computer Science 9%

Financial

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%
4-Year Graduation Rate 92%
6-Year Graduation Rate 93%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,580 (49%)
Days Without Precipitation 250 (58%)

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 9%
Yield (Unbound) 84%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $7M #213
Life & Natural Sciences $3M #356
Humanities & Social Sciences $0M #388

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1240 – 1370
SAT Math Range 600 – 710
SAT RW Range 610 – 700
ACT Range 25 – 31

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

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
United States Naval Academy 1,054 70% / 30% 1% $78,431
Aerospace Engineering 73 — 79% / 21% 0% $92,987 — —
Computer Engineering 16 +1 88% / 12% 0% $100,172 — —
Electrical Engineering 15 +2 100% / 0% 0% $96,748 — —
General Engineering 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $94,908 — —
Mechanical Engineering 66 +4 82% / 18% 0% $91,999 — —
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 36 — 67% / 33% 3% $84,391 — —
Nuclear Engineering 20 +5 85% / 15% 0% $92,805 — —
Ocean Engineering 38 — 63% / 37% 0% $84,242 — —
Operations Research 100 +1 62% / 38% 0% $96,744 — —
Robotics Engineering 66 — 80% / 20% 3% $91,935 — —
Computer Science 39 +3 72% / 28% 0% $102,898 — —
Cybersecurity 54 +4 69% / 31% 9% $77,697 — —
Information Technology 5 +10 80% / 20% 0% $90,005 — —
Chemistry 34 — 59% / 41% 0% $66,529 — —
Mathematics 18 +2 72% / 28% 0% $74,203 — —
Oceanography 38 — 50% / 50% 3% $58,757 — —
Physical Sciences 23 — 70% / 30% 9% $76,004 — —
Physics 25 — 68% / 32% 0% $76,216 — —
Economics 99 +1 85% / 15% 0% $78,867 — —
Mathematical Economics 27 — 70% / 30% 4% $74,904 — —
Arabic 11 +1 36% / 64% 0% $51,864 — —
Asian Studies/Civilization 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $51,918 — —
Chinese 8 +4 25% / 75% 0% $52,183 — —
English 56 — 46% / 54% 0% $48,815 — —
General Studies 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $52,908 — —
History 56 — 80% / 20% 0% $51,514 — —
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $51,832 — —
Political Science 100 +1 63% / 37% 1% $63,343 — —

Rankings

Academics

Can't Hide Behind Your GPA SAT-required, Highest Medians
Above Average in High School is Not Enough

Prestige

Grandma Eyebrow Raisers Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
I Love a Man in Uniform

Someone Like Me

I Have Practice at 5 AM Most Athletes
Conference Champions

Engineering

Playing House Civil Engineering
Project Managers
Resistance Is Futile Computer Engineering
Bricked Microcontroller Brigade
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Soldering Iron Burn Victims
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Defense Budget Beneficiaries

Professional

You Can't Handle The Truth Military
The Service Academies