United States Naval Academy

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 1,200,000

Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,645
Men / Women 70% / 30%
From State 7%
From Region 11%

Racial/Ethnic

White 55%
Hispanic 15%
Asian 10%
Mixed 9%
Black 7%
International 1%
Native American 0%

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 Naval Academy 1,064 71% 58% 10% 6% 14% 1% $91,870 91 +0.17 97
Aerospace Engineering 53 — 87% 60% 8% 2% 17% 0% $102,309 48 -0.04 98 — — — — —
Computer Engineering 10 — 90% 50% 30% 0% 10% 10% $119,948 69 +0.14 99 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 23 — 70% 57% 4% 0% 22% 4% $117,458 64 +0.02 99 — — — — —
General Engineering 12 — 75% 25% 0% 17% 25% 8% $98,398 55 -0.01 98 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 39 — 87% 59% 5% 5% 15% 3% $100,687 62 +0.19 98 — — — — —
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 36 — 69% 61% 3% 3% 17% 0% $100,098 24 -0.57 98 — — — — —
Nuclear Engineering 17 — 76% 76% 12% 0% 12% 0% $102,672 33 -0.46 98 — — — — —
Ocean Engineering 48 — 56% 71% 2% 2% 12% 0% $100,291 41 -0.56 98 — — — — —
Operations Research 95 — 76% 65% 6% 2% 15% 1% $105,744 29 -0.51 99 — — — — —
Robotics Engineering 75 — 84% 51% 16% 5% 19% 1% $100,888 64 +0.21 98 — — — — —
Computer Science 35 — 83% 60% 14% 6% 11% 0% $120,784 52 -0.12 99 — — — — —
Cybersecurity 46 — 65% 52% 20% 4% 7% 7% $103,103 75 +0.50 99 — — — — —
Data Science 40 — 75% 48% 28% 5% 8% 0% $109,508 37 -0.07 99 — — — — —
Information Technology — — — — — — — — $104,803 68 +0.32 99 — — — — —
Chemistry 34 — 56% 47% 32% 9% 9% 0% $72,347 61 +0.07 88 — — — — —
Mathematics 23 — 39% 57% 13% 0% 22% 0% $90,591 72 +0.20 96 — — — — —
Oceanography 26 — 50% 62% 8% 8% 15% 4% $70,356 78 +0.48 87 — — — — —
Physical Sciences 33 — 73% 30% 6% 30% 18% 3% $87,904 67 +0.31 96 — — — — —
Physics 27 — 67% 59% 7% 4% 19% 0% $88,968 70 +0.39 96 — — — — —
Economics 97 — 86% 66% 6% 5% 12% 1% $97,013 62 -0.04 98 — — — — —
Mathematical Economics 26 — 77% 62% 19% 4% 12% 4% $93,452 55 -0.17 97 — — — — —
Arabic 7 — 57% 86% 0% 14% 0% 0% $67,241 82 +0.82 84 — — — — —
Asian Studies/Civilization 21 — 67% 33% 38% 14% 0% 0% $62,823 66 +0.29 80 — — — — —
Chinese 11 — 45% 45% 27% 9% 9% 0% $66,722 81 +0.77 84 — — — — —
English 58 — 41% 55% 2% 10% 14% 0% $65,064 95 +1.54 83 — — — — —
General Studies 5 — 100% 0% 20% 20% 40% 20% $66,470 91 +0.88 84 — — — — —
History 62 — 77% 73% 2% 2% 16% 0% $70,451 92 +1.32 87 — — — — —
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 9 — 78% 56% 22% 0% 22% 0% $61,989 64 +0.22 80 — — — — —
Political Science 96 — 67% 64% 2% 5% 18% 1% $74,187 61 +0.15 89 — — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $0
Est. Cost of Attendance $0
ROI Percentile 97th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 97%
4-Year Graduation Rate 92%
6-Year Graduation Rate 93%
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 38.3% 408 77% 60% 8% 3% 16% 1% $103,446 57 -0.20 99 — —
Humanities 16.3% 173 62% 58% 9% 8% 13% 1% $66,797 92 +1.14 84 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 13.4% 143 58% 50% 14% 11% 16% 1% $81,648 53 +0.28 93 — —
Business & Economics 11.6% 123 84% 65% 9% 5% 12% 2% $96,260 82 -0.07 98 — —
Computer Science 11.4% 121 74% 53% 21% 5% 8% 2% $110,335 49 +0.13 99 — —
Social Sciences 9.0% 96 67% 64% 2% 5% 18% 1% $74,187 93 +0.15 89 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $5.9M #210 100% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $3.4M #252 97% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $1.1M #224 87% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.2M #312 0% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.1M #487 100% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Education $0 #457 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0 #547 — $0 — — — —
Total $10.6M #303 96% $0 — — — —

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 9.0%
Yield (non-ED) 84%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 9% 9% —

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1210 – 1410
SAT Math Range 600 – 710
SAT RW Range 610 – 700