United States Military Academy Overview

United States Military Academy is a public institution located in West Point, New York. The location of West Point is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is United States Military Academy Known For?

• Students at West Point may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 7 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at West Point.
• In a recent academic period100% of the faculty were full-time.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from West Point to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is United States Military Academy?

Contact details for West Point are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	606 Thayer Rd, West Point, NY 10996
Phone:	845-938-4011
Website:	www.westpoint.edu

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How Do I Get Into West Point?

You can apply to West Point online at: https://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/steps-to-admission

Admission Requirements for West Point

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into West Point?

With an acceptance rate of 12%, West Point 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 79% of accepted students are men and 21% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 13%, and the acceptance rate for women is 9%.

Average Test Scores

About 62% of students accepted to West Point submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 710. Math scores were between 610 and 740.

West Point received ACT scores from 38% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 27 and 33.

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United States Military Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,536 full-time undergraduates at West Point, 76% are male and 24% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	351
Black or African American	579
Hispanic or Latino	540
White	2,817
International Students	58
Other Races/Ethnicities	191

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at United States Military Academy. At this time, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 32 countries are represented at West Point. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mongolia, Nigeria, and Pakistan.

United States Military Academy Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
International Relations & National Security	73	73
Mechanical Engineering	63	63
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	58	58
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	55	55
Economics	54	54
Business Administration & Management	52	52
Engineering-Related Fields	49	49
Geography & Cartography	45	45
Computer Information Systems	43	43
Military Applied Sciences	42	42
General Biology	36	36
Systems Engineering	35	35
History	35	35
Civil Engineering	32	32
Systems Theory	26	26
Electrical Engineering	24	24
Political Science & Government	22	22
Nuclear Engineering	21	21
Sociology	19	19
Statistics	17	17
Natural Resources Conservation	15	15
Operations Research	14	14
Romance Languages	14	14
Chemical Engineering	13	13
Health & Physical Education	13	13
Physics	13	13
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	12	12
Environmental Engineering	11	11
Cognitive Science	11	11
Chemistry	10	10
East Asian Languages	9	9
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	9	9
Information Technology	8	8
General English Literature	8	8
Germanic Languages	8	8
Philosophy	7	7
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	5	5
Iranian & Persian Languages	4	4
Mathematics	3	3
Mechanical Engineering Technology	1	1
Nuclear Engineering Technology	1	1
Area Studies	1	1
Civil Engineering Technology	0	0
Environmental Control Technology	0	0
Industrial Production Technology	0	0
TOTAL	991	991

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 Ahodges7 under License

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