United States Air Force Academy Overview

United States Air Force Academy is a public institution located in USAF Academy, Colorado. The rural area surrounding USAFA is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

What Is United States Air Force Academy Known For?

• Students at USAFA may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 7 to 1.
• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at USAFA.
• In a recent academic period98% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average USAFA student graduates in 4.0 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is United States Air Force Academy?

Contact details for USAFA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 3800, USAF Academy, CO 80840-5002
Phone:	719-333-1818
Website:	www.usafa.edu

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How Do I Get Into USAFA?

You can apply to USAFA online at: https://admissions.usafa.edu/

Admission Requirements for USAFA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	1
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into USAFA?

With an acceptance rate of 16%, USAFA is one of the most selective schools in the country. If the admissions department requests additional materials, be sure to submit them promptly. This could be a sign that you're on the border line of being accepted or denied.

Approximately 71% of accepted students are men and 29% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 16%, and the acceptance rate for women is 16%.

Average Test Scores

About 51% of students accepted to USAFA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 650 and 730. Math scores were between 660 and 750.

USAFA received ACT scores from 33% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 27 and 34. Math scores were between 27 and 0. Composite scores were between 28 and 33.

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United States Air Force Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,307 full-time undergraduates at USAFA, 72% are male and 28% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of United States Air Force Academy students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	285
Black or African American	285
Hispanic or Latino	493
White	2,745
International Students	59
Other Races/Ethnicities	440

Geographic Diversity

Colorado students aren't the only ones who study at United States Air Force Academy. At this time, all 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

At this time, 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at USAFA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Thailand, Moldova, and Taiwan.

United States Air Force Academy Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	160	160
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	138	138
Computer Science	75	75
International Studies	72	72
Systems Engineering	66	66
General Biology	57	57
Behavioral Science	42	42
Economics	36	36
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	32	32
Geography & Cartography	28	28
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	27	27
Mathematics	27	27
Chemistry	27	27
Operations Research	26	26
Political Science & Government	25	25
Intelligence & Command Control Operations	22	22
Civil Engineering	21	21
History	21	21
General English Literature	17	17
Philosophy	11	11
Mechanical Engineering	9	9
Physics	9	9
General Social Sciences	6	6
General Engineering	5	5
Liberal Arts General Studies	5	5
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	5	5
General Physical Sciences	2	2
TOTAL	971	971

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By David Shankbone under License

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