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.
• In <nil>, 85% 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

How Do I Get Into USCGA?

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

Admission Requirements for USCGA

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Considered but not required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into USCGA?

If you plan to apply to USCGA, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 19%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 59% of accepted students are men and 41% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 16%, and the acceptance rate for women is 27%.

Average Test Scores

About 78% 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 600 and 690. Math scores were between 600 and 700.

USCGA received ACT scores from 41% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 32. Math scores were between 25 and 30. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

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United States Coast Guard Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,049 full-time undergraduates at USCGA, 60% are male and 40% 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	43
Hispanic or Latino	123
White	645
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	132

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.

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.