United States Coast Guard Academy Overview

Located in New London, Connecticut, United States Coast Guard Academy is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is United States Coast Guard Academy Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at USCGA since the student to facuty ratio is 7 to 1.
• The highest award offered at USCGA is the bachelor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 93% of the faculty were full-time.
• On average, it takes about 4.0 years for students from USCGA to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is United States Coast Guard Academy?

Contact details for USCGA are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	15 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320-4195
Phone:	860-444-8444
Website:	www.uscga.edu

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How Do I Get Into USCGA?

You can apply to USCGA online at: https://www.uscga.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for USCGA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into USCGA?

The acceptance rate at USCGA is 24%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 58% of accepted students are men and 42% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 19%, and the acceptance rate for women is 35%.

Average Test Scores

About 68% of students accepted to USCGA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 680. Math scores were between 580 and 685.

USCGA received ACT scores from 38% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 26 and 31.

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United States Coast Guard Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,056 full-time undergraduates at USCGA, 62% are male and 38% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of United States Coast Guard Academy students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	79
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	123
White	656
International Students	28
Other Races/Ethnicities	122

Geographic Diversity

Connecticut students aren't the only ones who study at United States Coast Guard Academy. At this time, 44 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 13 countries are represented at USCGA. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, Georgia, and Philippines.

United States Coast Guard Academy Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	45	45
Political Science & Government	37	37
Mechanical Engineering	35	35
Marine Engineering	26	26
Geological & Earth Sciences	25	25
Civil Engineering	21	21
Information Technology	20	20
Operations Research	20	20
Electrical Engineering	18	18
TOTAL	247	247

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 USCG Public Affairs photograph of United States Coast Guard under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.