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Public College

United States
Military Academy

Public College in West Point, NY. Six-year graduation rate 87%.

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United States Military Academy · Campus
Graduation rate
87.1%
Green Flags
  • Graduation rate 87% — well above the national average
Red Flags
  • ! Admit rate 12% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots

Admissions

Acceptance rate
12%
Applicants
12,320
Yield rate
77.9%

An acceptance rate of 12% means admission is the exception — plan accordingly. With 12,320 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. Yield is high — 78% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, and not a cutoff.

Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)

These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.

Test 25th–75th percentile Submitted
SAT Evidence-Based Reading 600–710 817 (68%)
SAT Math 600–720
ACT Composite 27–33 378 (32%)

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

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Academics

Full-time retention
95%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
6:1

Six-year completion runs to 87% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 95% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. The 6:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. As a public four-year university, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.

Financial Aid

Financial aid data for this institution is not yet available.

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,364/mo
1 bedroom
$1,549/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,979/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

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How we evaluate United States Military Academy

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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