U.S. Naval Academy

Sea Power, Jan 2004

The U.S. Naval Academy, founded in 1845, is the undergraduate college of the Navy. Its beautiful, modern buildings and facilities along the Severn River in Annapolis, Md., are designed to meet the academic, athletic, and extracurricular needs of the future officers corps of the Navy and Marine Corps. Approximately 1,200 men and women enter the Naval Academy each year. More than three-quarters of all midshipmen complete the academically demanding curriculum and upon graduation are commissioned as officers in the Navy or Marine Corps. Vice Adm. Rodney R Rempt currently serves as the Academy's superintendent.

Degrees and Majors: Midshipmen may major in any of 19 principal fields of study: eight in engineering, seven in science and mathematics, and four in the humanities, all leading to a bachelor of science degree. all midshipmen also must complete a core curriculum designed to give future naval officers a solid foundation in leadership and character development, naval science, and the humanities.

Costs: Tuition, room, and board expenses are borne by the government. Graduates assume an obligation of five years of active service when they are commissioned. Midshipmen are paid a stipend of $764.60 per month to cover the cost of uniforms, books, equipment, and personal needs.

Admission Criteria: Candidates must be U.S. citizens, single (without children and not pregnant), and at least 17, and cannot have reached the age of 23 on july 1 of their year of admission to the academy. They also must be officially nominated, meet the academy's academic, medical, and physical requirements, and be found to be of good moral character.

For information, contact:

Head of Candidate Guidance,

U.S. Naval Academy,

117 Decatur Road,

Annapolis, MD 21402

Phone: (410)293-4361

Website: www.usna.edu