Military Colleges in United States

A military school or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment. In United States, four types of military schools exist - Federal Service Academies (5 schools), Senior Military Colleges (6 schools), State-supported Maritime Colleges and Universities (6 schools), and Military Junior Colleges (4 schools).

Of the schools, only 1 school is private and the other 18 Military Colleges are public. For 19 Military Colleges,

The average tuition & fees of Military Colleges is $10,267 for state residents and $24,945 for out-of-state students.
The average tuition & fees of Military Colleges is $13,554 for state residents and $21,765 for out-of-state students.
The average acceptance rate is 58.24% and the average SAT score is 1,231.
The average number of students is 8,903 at Military Colleges.
The average graduation rate is 66.47%.

Military Colleges Comparison Table

Tuition Comparison Table between Military Colleges
School Name	State	Degree Offered	Tuition & Fees	Average Financial Aid	Acceptance Rate	Population	Graduation Rate	Student to Faculty Ratio
United States Air Force Academy four-years, public	CO	Bachelor's	-	-	214%	4,085	99%	7 to 1
United States Coast Guard Academy four-years, public	CT	Bachelor's	-	-	224%	1,037	86%	7 to 1
United States Merchant Marine Academy four-years, public	NY	Master's Bachelor's	$945 ($1,167)	$4,362	232%	943	77%	13 to 1
United States Military Academy four-years, public	NY	Bachelor's	-	-	214%	4,393	87%	7 to 1
United States Naval Academy four-years, public	MD	Bachelor's	-	-	29%	4,450	89%	8 to 1
Citadel Military College of South Carolina four-years, public	SC	Master's Bachelor's	$37,370 ($12,570)	$12,565	298%	3,721	70%	11 to 1
Norwich University four-years, private	VT	Master's Bachelor's	$49,600	$37,683	274%	3,363	61%	11 to 1
Texas A & M University-College Station four-years, public	TX	Doctorate Master's Bachelor's	$40,328 ($12,841)	$10,800	263%	74,014	83%	18 to 1
University of North Georgia four-years, public	GA	Doctorate Master's Bachelor's Associate	$15,967 ($5,211)	$6,479	272%	18,029	38%	18 to 1
Virginia Military Institute four-years, public	VA	Bachelor's	$51,186 ($20,484)	$17,109	282%	1,512	76%	10 to 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University four-years, public	VA	Doctorate 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	CA	Master's Bachelor's	$19,552 ($7,672)	$10,163	299%	849	63%	12 to 1
Maine Maritime Academy four-years, public	ME	Master's Bachelor's Associate	$30,226 ($14,746)	$10,088	261%	897	66%	11 to 1
Massachusetts Maritime Academy four-years, public	MA	Master's Bachelor's	$23,910 ($10,816)	$8,200	295%	1,425	79%	12 to 1
Northwestern Michigan College four-years, public	MI	Bachelor's Associate	$12,762 ($10,076)	$4,064	-	3,098	24%	11 to 1
SUNY Maritime College four-years, public	NY	Master's Bachelor's Associate	$18,450 ($8,540)	$8,419	279%	1,427	72%	14 to 1
Georgia Military College four-years, public	GA	Bachelor's Associate	$7,605 ($7,605)	$4,970	-	6,998	37%	14 to 1
Marion Military Institute 2-4 years, public	AL	Associate	$15,538 ($9,538)	$9,989	259%	320	26%	11 to 1
New Mexico Military Institute 2-4 years, public	NM	Associate	$14,042 ($6,990)	$10,725	258%	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.