Military Colleges Comparison Table

The following table compares 19 Military Colleges with tuition and important admission statistics. You can sort the table to find top-ranked schools in the indicator (column) by clicking/touching a column that you want to sort.
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Tuition Comparison Table between Military Colleges
School NameStateDegree OfferedTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidAcceptance RatePopulationGraduation RateStudent to Faculty Ratio
United States Air Force Academy four-years, public
COBachelor's- - 216% 4,085 99% 7 to 1
United States Coast Guard Academy four-years, public
CTBachelor's- - 224% 1,037 86% 7 to 1
United States Merchant Marine Academy four-years, public
NYMaster's
Bachelor's
$945 ($1,167) $4,362 227% 943 77% 13 to 1
United States Military Academy four-years, public
NYBachelor's- - 212% 4,393 87% 7 to 1
United States Naval Academy four-years, public
MDBachelor's- - 211% 4,450 89% 8 to 1
Citadel Military College of South Carolina four-years, public
SCMaster's
Bachelor's
$37,370 ($12,570) $12,565 299% 3,721 70% 11 to 1
Norwich University four-years, private
VTMaster's
Bachelor's
$49,600 $37,683 283% 3,363 61% 11 to 1
Texas A & M University-College Station four-years, public
TXDoctorate
Master's
Bachelor's
$40,328 ($13,099) $10,800 263% 74,014 83% 18 to 1
University of North Georgia four-years, public
GADoctorate
Master's
Bachelor's
Associate
$15,441 ($5,009) $6,479 270% 18,029 38% 18 to 1
Virginia Military Institute four-years, public
VABachelor's$51,186 ($20,484) $17,109 271% 1,512 76% 10 to 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University four-years, public
VADoctorate
Master's
Bachelor's
Associate
$36,694 ($15,478) $8,832 257% 38,170 86% 17 to 1
California State University Maritime Academy four-years, public
CAMaster's
Bachelor's
$19,552 ($7,672) $10,163 296% 849 63% 12 to 1
Maine Maritime Academy four-years, public
MEMaster's
Bachelor's
Associate
$30,226 ($14,746) $10,088 258% 897 66% 11 to 1
Massachusetts Maritime Academy four-years, public
MAMaster's
Bachelor's
$23,910 ($10,816) $8,200 289% 1,425 79% 12 to 1
Northwestern Michigan College four-years, public MIBachelor's
Associate
$12,762 ($10,076) $4,064 - 3,098 24% 11 to 1
SUNY Maritime College four-years, public
NYMaster's
Bachelor's
Associate
$18,450 ($8,540) $8,419 280% 1,427 72% 14 to 1
Georgia Military College four-years, public
GABachelor's
Associate
$8,112 ($6,705) $4,970 - 6,998 37% 14 to 1
Marion Military Institute 2-4 years, public
ALAssociate$15,538 ($9,538) $9,989 263% 320 26% 11 to 1
New Mexico Military Institute 2-4 years, public
NMAssociate$14,042 ($6,990) $10,725 256% 424 44% 12 to 1

Federal Service Academies

The United States service academies, also known as the United States military academies, are federal academies for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers for the United States Armed Forces. Five service academies exist in United States as follows.

Senior Military Colleges

A senior military college (SMC) is one of six colleges that offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs, though many other schools offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps under other sections of the law. Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is the all-military state-sponsored school that enrolls only military cadets and awards BS degrees exclusively. The other five schools maintain both a corps of cadets and a civilian student body.

State-supported maritime colleges and universities

Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or U.S. Merchant Marine. While no longer immediately offered a commission as an Officer within a service have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs. Great Lake Maritime Academy is a division of Northwestern Michigan College and Texas A&M Maritime Academy is a part of the Texas A&M University System.

Military Junior Colleges

A military junior college (MJC) is a military-style junior college in the United States and one of the three major categories of the Army ROTC schools that allows cadets to become commissioned officers in the U.S. Army reserve components in two years, instead of the usual four, through the Early Commissioning Program (ECP). They also offer Service Academy preparatory programs that allows qualified students to earn an appointment to the U.S. Service Academies upon their successful completion of this demanding one-year program at MJC.
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