United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, Connecticut
About
The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), located in New London, Connecticut, is the U.S. service academy specifically for the United States Coast Guard. Founded in 1876, the academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study. Students are officers-in-training, and are referred to as cadets. Upon graduation, cadets receive a Bachelor of Science degree and commission in the U.S. Coast Guard as an ensign. In exchange for their debt-free education valued at over $500,000, graduates incur a five-year active-duty service obligation, with additional years if the graduate attends flight school or subsequent government-funded graduate school. Out of approximately 300 cadets entering the academy each summer, around 250 graduate.
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Cost per year
- Tuition and fees (out of state)
- US$0
International students at public universities pay the out-of-state rate. The estimated total adds housing, food and books to that tuition; it is derived from Scorecard figures, so check the university's own cost page.
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,108
- International undergraduates
- 3%
- Students per teacher
- 7 to 1
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 22%
- SAT
- Reading and writing 620–700 · Maths 620–700
- ACT
- 27–32
Test scores show the middle 50% of admitted students.
Outcomes
- Graduation rate
- 95%
Earnings are for students who received US federal aid, so they may not reflect international graduates.
Programmes (9)
Bachelor's degrees9 subjects
Subjects and degree levels reported to the US Department of Education. See the university's course catalogue for course-by-course details.