- The Inkwell
- New York
- United States Military Academy
West Point, NYTown: fringeZIP 10996Founded 1802
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1802
- Motto
- Duty • Honor • Country
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1993
- Website
- www.westpoint.edu
New YorkPublic
United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy is a public college in West Point, New York, with 4,408 undergraduates. It admits 12% of applicants and graduates 86% within six years.
86%graduate
Admission rate12%
Retention95%
4-year graduation79%
Pell Grant share0%
Federal loans0%
—net price / year
12%admission rate
1355average SAT
86%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#106 of 1,738 for graduation rate#46 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
- 12%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1355
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 600–710
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 600–720
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 27–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college12%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college95%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college86%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college0%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 86%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 79%
- First-year retention
- 95%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 86%
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 Military 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
- 4,408
- Part-time
- 0%
- Women / men
- 22% / 78%
- Average age at entry
- —
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 99%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,102 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $31,824
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White64%
Hispanic12%
Black9.0%
Asian12%
Two or more races1.1%
U.S. nonresident1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.7%
Unknown0.1%
19 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Engineering25%
Social sciences16%
Military technologies8.1%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies6.0%
Computer & information sciences5.9%
Engineering technologies4.8%
Legal professions4.6%
History4.6%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 197036. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q9219.