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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?

1,176 Undergraduate Awards
9% Acceptance Rate
  • 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.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 100% 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.

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United States Military Academy Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at West Point.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Most Popular Military Applied Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
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#5 Most Popular Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
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#15 Most Popular Non-Professional Legal Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
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#66 Most Popular Foreign Languages & Linguistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#130 Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
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#189 Most Popular Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Where Is United States Military Academy?

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Contact details for West Point are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 646 Swift Rd (Attn: Masg), West Point, NY 10996-1905
Phone: 845-938-4011
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestPointUSMA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/westpoint_usma

How Do I Get Into West Point?

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

Admission Requirements for West Point

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into West Point?

9% Acceptance Rate
24% Of Accepted Are Women
85% Submit SAT Scores
If you plan to apply to West Point, 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 9%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 76% of accepted students are men and 24% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 10%, and the acceptance rate for women is 7%.

Average Test Scores

About 85% 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 700. Math scores were between 600 and 740.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for United States Military Academy  ( 610 to 700 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for United States Military Academy  ( 600 to 740 )
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800
West Point received ACT scores from 70% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 28 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 32. Composite scores were between 28 and 33.

ACT English Scores for United States Military Academy  ( 28 to 35 )
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ACT Math Scores for United States Military Academy  ( 27 to 32 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for United States Military Academy  ( 28 to 33 )
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36

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United States Military Academy Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,536 Full-Time Undergraduates
24% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

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

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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.

Online Learning at United States Military Academy

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United States Military Academy Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
Mechanical Engineering 77 77
Business Administration & Management 72 72
Economics 72 72
Systems Engineering 69 69
Computer Information Systems 68 68
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 62 62
Geography & Cartography 62 62
Military Applied Sciences 55 55
History 51 51
Engineering-Related Fields 48 48
International Relations & National Security 37 37
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 34 34
Civil Engineering 32 32
Systems Theory 32 32
Political Science & Government 32 32
Chemical Engineering 30 30
Operations Research 28 28
Romance Languages 28 28
General Biology 26 26
Natural Resources Conservation 26 26
Cognitive Science 24 24
Sociology 24 24
Mathematics 21 21
General English Literature 18 18
Electrical Engineering 17 17
Nuclear Engineering 17 17
Physics 17 17
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 15 15
Health & Physical Education 14 14
East Asian Languages 11 11
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 11 11
Environmental Engineering 9 9
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 9 9
Philosophy 9 9
Chemistry 7 7
Area Studies 6 6
Germanic Languages 4 4
Mechanical Engineering Technology 2 2
Human Resource Management 0 0
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 0
Civil Engineering Technology 0 0
Environmental Control Technology 0 0
Industrial Production Technology 0 0
Nuclear Engineering Technology 0 0
Statistics 0 0
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0
General Physical Sciences 0 0
TOTAL 1,176 1,176

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.

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