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Annapolis Profile - SAT Scores, Costs and Admissions Data

By Allen Grove, About.com

Annapolis - USNA

Annapolis - USNA

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Annapolis Description:

Annapolis, the United States Naval Academy, is one of the most selective colleges in the country. All costs are covered, and students receive benefits and a modest monthly salary. Applicants must seek a nomination, usually from a member of congress. Upon graduation, all students have a five-year active duty obligation. Some officers pursuing aviation will have longer requirements. Located in Maryland, the Annapolis campus is an active naval base. Athletics are important at the Naval Academy, and the school competes in the NCAA Division I Patriot League.

Admissions Data (2008):

Enrollment (2007):

  • Total Enrollment: 4,441 (all undergraduate)
  • Gender Breakdown: 79.4% Male / 20.6% Female
  • 100% Full-time

Costs and Financial Aid:

From the Annapolis website:

"The Navy pays for the tuition, room and board, and medical and dental care of Naval Academy midshipmen. You also enjoy regular active-duty benefits including access to military commissaries and exchanges, commercial transportation and lodging discounts and the ability to fly space-available in military aircraft around the world. Midshipmen pay is $864.00 monthly, from which laundry, barber, cobbler, activities fees, yearbook and other service charges are deducted..."

Most Popular Majors:

Aerospace Economics, Engineering, History, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Political Science, Systems Engineering

Data Source:

National Center for Educational Statistics

* Mission Statement:

mission statement from http://www.usna.edu/StrategicPlan/htmls/sp_mission.html

"To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to provide graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government."

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