- The Inkwell
- Colorado
- United States Air Force Academy
USAF Academy, CORural: fringeZIP 80840Founded 1954
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1954
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1993
- Website
- www.usafa.edu
ColoradoPublic
United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force Academy is a public college in USAF Academy, Colorado, with 4,114 undergraduates. It admits 14% of applicants and graduates 84% within six years.
84%graduate
Admission rate14%
Retention96%
4-year graduation81%
—net price / year
14%admission rate
1350average SAT
84%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#131 of 1,738 for graduation rate#57 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $0
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $0
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 14%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1350
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 620–710
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 610–730
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 26–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college14%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college96%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college84%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 84%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 81%
- First-year retention
- 96%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 89%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, United States Air Force Academy—
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 4,114
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 30% / 70%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- —
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,610 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $35,824
- Endowment, end of year
- $151,867,935
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White63%
Hispanic11%
Black5.2%
Asian8.4%
Two or more races9.0%
U.S. nonresident1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
Unknown0.7%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering35%
Business & management14%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies10%
Social sciences8.5%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.2%
Military technologies7.1%
Computer & information sciences4.2%
Legal professions3.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 128328. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1331280.