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United States Military Academy

Basic Information

Type Public
Location West Point, NY
Population 1,200,000
Website http://www.usma.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,439
Men / Women 78% / 22%
White 64%
Asian 13%
Hispanic 10%
Black 8%
Mixed 2%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 34%
Humanities & Social Sciences 33%
Business & Economics 19%
Life & Natural Sciences 8%
Professional 7%

Financial

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 95%
4-Year Graduation Rate 84%
6-Year Graduation Rate 87%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,350 (21th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (25th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 9%
Yield (Unbound) 78%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $16M #178
Humanities & Social Sciences $3M #199
Life & Natural Sciences $3M #361

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1,200 – 1,430
ACT Range 27 – 33

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
United States Military Academy 1,072 78% / 22% 1%
Chemical Engineering 18 — 61% / 39% 6% —
Civil Engineering 35 — 83% / 17% 0% —
Computer Science 41 — 88% / 12% 5% —
Electrical Engineering 19 — 84% / 16% 11% —
Environmental Engineering 10 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Information Technology 4 — 75% / 25% 0% —
Mathematics 6 +2 33% / 67% 0% —
Mechanical Engineering 84 — 88% / 12% 0% —
Nuclear Engineering 21 — 86% / 14% 0% —
Operations Research 9 +2 100% / 0% 11% —
Physics 14 — 93% / 7% 7% —
Statistics 10 — 70% / 30% 10% —
Systems Engineering 62 — 82% / 18% 0% —
Systems Science and Theory 30 — 93% / 7% 0% —
Applied Chemistry 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Biology 29 — 66% / 34% 0% —
Chemistry 19 — 68% / 32% 0% —
Environmental Science 18 — 61% / 39% 0% —
Kinesiology 14 — 57% / 43% 0% —
Economics 75 +1 96% / 4% 0% —
Engineering Management 57 +1 86% / 14% 2% —
Management 43 — 67% / 33% 2% —
Organizational Behavior and Leadership 27 — 78% / 22% 0% —
African Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
American History 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
American Politics 17 — 71% / 29% 0% —
Applied Psychology 26 — 38% / 62% 0% —
Arabic 6 +1 67% / 33% 0% —
Chinese 6 +3 67% / 33% 0% —
Cognitive Science 17 — 59% / 41% 0% —
English 8 +1 75% / 25% 0% —
European Studies 2 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Foreign Languages 6 — 67% / 33% 0% —
French 7 +3 57% / 43% 0% —
Geography 23 +2 48% / 52% 0% —
Geospatial Information Science 39 — 85% / 15% 3% —
German 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% —
History 12 +1 83% / 17% 0% —
International Affairs 59 — 71% / 29% 2% —
Law 56 +1 71% / 29% 0% —
Middle Eastern Studies 5 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Military History 7 — 86% / 14% 0% —
Persian 2 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Philosophy 9 — 44% / 56% 0% —
Portuguese 2 — 50% / 50% 0% —
Russian 5 — 80% / 20% 0% —
Russian Studies 1 — 100% / 0% 0% —
Sociology 27 — 63% / 37% 0% —
Spanish 6 +1 83% / 17% 0% —
Cybersecurity 10 — 90% / 10% 0% —
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Military Applied Sciences 50 +1 92% / 8% 2% —
Nuclear Engineering Technology
Space Systems Operations 15 — 93% / 7% 0% —

Rankings

Prestige

Grandma Eyebrow Raisers Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
I Love a Man in Uniform

Someone Like Me

I Have Practice at 5 AM Most Athletes
Conference Champions

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
Significant Community

Engineering, Computing & Math

Playing House Civil Engineering
Bridge Builders
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
Hold My Solder
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Soldering Iron Burn Victims
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
The Defense Budget Beneficiaries

Professional

You Can't Handle The Truth Military
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