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United States Coast Guard Academy
CT · Public · Small city · 1,789 applicants 2023
A parent's read
- Top feeder high schools: Bullis School (1), The International School of San Francisco (1), Severn School (0.6), Portsmouth Abbey School (0.3), Albany Academies (0.2). Graduates per class year, from each high school's own published list. 11 high schools' lists name United States Coast Guard Academy; every one is ranked below.
- Almost everyone who starts here finishes. 93% graduate within six years — the standard federal measure. Nationally about a third of students who start a bachelor's never finish one, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision: the debt stays, the credential doesn't.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Feeder high schools
Which high schools send graduates to United States Coast Guard Academy?
The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to United States Coast Guard Academy, from each school's own published list: Bullis School (1), The International School of San Francisco (1), Severn School (0.6), Portsmouth Abbey School (0.3), Albany Academies (0.2). 11 high schools' lists name United States Coast Guard Academy.
Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists
All 11 schools, with the class years each list covers
How this is counted
11 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name United States Coast Guard Academy on it. Between them they printed 13 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at United States Coast Guard Academy, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.
Is my high school on this list?
Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists
All 2 schools, with the class years each list covers
How this is counted
2 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name United States Coast Guard Academy on it. Between them they printed 2 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to United States Coast Guard Academy, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.
All 12 feeder schools, ranked →
Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.
Parent/student verdict
SelectiveSelective but achievable for strong students.
Best for
- Solid academic profiles — the admitted-student bands above are within reach for strong students
- Students focused on Engineering (the school's signature program)
- Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience
The reality
- You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 1210, or ACT below 25, or unweighted GPA below ~3.50 (test bands are the school's own; the GPA floor is our estimate, not a published figure)
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
The real cost
What United States Coast Guard Academy actually costs
The federal file doesn't carry net-price figures for United States Coast Guard Academy, so we can't show a with-aid and full-price range here the way we do on larger colleges. That's a gap in the government's data, not a sign this college is expensive or stingy.
Your odds + estimated cost across your whole college list, side by side.
Source: federal IPEDS (published tuition) and College Scorecard, which reports net price only for colleges meeting its cohort-size and Title-IV reporting thresholds.
What students study here
Most popular majors at United States Coast Guard Academy
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what United States Coast Guard Academy actually graduates — not just what it markets.
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantUnited States Coast Guard Academy is a public four-year college in CT. It admitted 24% of applicants (1,789 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1210–1380, ACT 25–30.
High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name United States Coast Guard Academy: 11, 13 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Bullis School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); The International School of San Francisco (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Severn School (0.6 per class year, 3 over 5 class years, Classes of 2022-2026). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/united-states-coast-guard-academy.
High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming United States Coast Guard Academy: 2, 2 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Key School (0.2 per class year, 1 over 6 class years, 2021 - 2026, counted column "Acceptances"); Mt Vernon Presbyterian School (0.1 per class year, 1 over 12 class years, 2014-2025, counted column "Number of Acceptances"). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/united-states-coast-guard-academy.
Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/united-states-coast-guard-academy.json
Questions families ask
What is United States Coast Guard Academy's acceptance rate? United States Coast Guard Academy is a public four-year college in CT. It admitted 24% of applicants (1,789 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
Does United States Coast Guard Academy require the SAT or ACT? United States Coast Guard Academy is a public four-year college in CT. It admitted 24% of applicants (1,789 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.
What SAT or ACT scores do United States Coast Guard Academy students have? Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1210–1380, ACT 25–30.
Which high schools send the most graduates to United States Coast Guard Academy? The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to United States Coast Guard Academy, from each school's own published list: Bullis School (1), The International School of San Francisco (1), Severn School (0.6), Portsmouth Abbey School (0.3), Albany Academies (0.2). 11 high schools' lists name United States Coast Guard Academy.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.