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United States Military Academy

NY · Public · Fringe town · 11,430 applicants 2023

14% admit rate SAT 1200–1430
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🎯 Parent/student verdict

Reach

Highly selective reach for nearly every applicant.

✅ Best for

  • Strong academic profiles — admitted students cluster in the top test and GPA tiers (bands above)
  • Students drawn to Engineering or Social Sciences (the two biggest majors)

🎯 The reality

  • Bottom-quartile academic profile if: SAT below 1200, or ACT below 28, or unweighted GPA below ~3.80 (admitted-class quartiles; GPA floor is a calibrated heuristic where CDS not yet on file)
  • With selective universities, build a balanced college list of Reaches, Targets, and Safeties ⓘ

Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.

🏛️ Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Total enrollment
4,408
1,000 - 4,999
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
14.0%
Highly selective
SAT middle 50%The middle half of enrolled students scored in this range — a quarter scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
1200–1430
EBRW + Math composite
ACT middle 50%The middle half of enrolled students scored in this range — a quarter scored BELOW the low end and still got in, and a quarter scored above the high end. Above the top number is a genuine strength; below the bottom isn't automatic rejection.
28–33
composite
Test policy
Required
2023

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.

🎓 High-school GPA

4.10 avg weighted GPA, enrolled first-years

Enrolled first-years 4.10 weighted

Enrolled first-years by GPA band: 4.00 75.57% · 3.75-3.99 8.67% · 3.50-3.74 9.85% · 3.25-3.49 3.07% · 3.00-3.24 2.05% · 2.50-2.99 0.55% · 2.00-2.49 0.16%

weighted (school-reported, can exceed 4.0). United States Military Academy (West Point) Office of Institutional Research — Common Data Set 2024-2025, Section C11/C12 ↗

As published by the college in its Common Data Set / admissions data (2024-25) (source linked above). GPA basis (weighted vs. unweighted vs. 4.0-scale) varies by college and is labeled above.

📊 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).

4-year completionThe share of students who finish a bachelor's in four years. Nationally barely half do — and a fifth year quietly adds a full extra year of cost to the real price.
87%

📚 What students study here

Most popular majors at United States Military Academy

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what United States Military Academy actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Engineering
213 degrees · 36.3%
Engineering majors land high-paying technical roles. Top-earning sub-disciplines: petroleum, chemical, computer engineering.
2. Social Sciences
210 degrees · 35.8%
Economics + poli sci sub-disciplines pay much more than sociology + anthropology.
3. Psychology
58 degrees · 9.9%
Most undergrad psych grads go into non-clinical roles. Clinical/counseling psych requires a master's or doctoral.
4. Legal Professions & Studies
53 degrees · 9.0%
Undergrad in legal studies is usually a pre-law path. Real lawyer salary requires JD.
5. Business, Management, & Marketing
52 degrees · 8.9%
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.

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 →

🤖 AI program signal

AI + computing education at United States Military Academy

CS degrees (annual)
36
CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →

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