Most military schools in the United States are high schools that place a high emphasis on military preparation,

academic rigor The scholarly method or scholarship is the body of principles and practices used by scholars and academics to make their claims about the subject as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public. It is the met ...

, and

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. Most military schools are private and have high tuition, with financial aid available.

Federal Service Academies

United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known Metonymy, metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a f ...

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United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy ...

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United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and U ...

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) * United States Coast Guard Academy (

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) * United States Merchant Marine Academy ( Kings Point, New York)

Senior Military Colleges In the United States, a senior military college (SMC) is one of six colleges that offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs under , though many other schools offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps under other secti ...

Norwich University Norwich University – The Military College of Vermont is a private senior military college in Northfield, Vermont. It is the oldest private and senior military college in the United States and offers bachelor's and master's degrees on-campu ...

( Northfield, Vermont; four-year private university) * The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina (

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; four-year public college) *

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public university, public, Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M Unive ...

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; four-year public university) *

University of North Georgia The University of North Georgia (UNG) is a public senior military college with multiple campuses in Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia. The university was established on January 8, 2013 by a merger of North Georgia Coll ...

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; four-year public university) *

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( Lexington, Virginia; four-year public college) *

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six regi ...

( Blacksburg, Virginia; four-year public university)

State-supported maritime colleges and universities

Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or U.S. Merchant Marine. While no longer immediately offered a commission as an Officer within a service have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like Strategic Sea lift Officer Program (USN) and MARGRAD (USCG). * California State University Maritime Academy (part of the California State University system) *

Great Lakes Maritime Academy The Great Lakes Maritime Academy at Northwestern Michigan College is located on West Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, Michigan. The academy was established in 1969 as a Maritime college to train men and women to be licensed mariners on ships o ...

(a division of Northwestern Michigan College) *

Maine Maritime Academy Maine Maritime Academy (Maine Maritime or MMA) is a public college focused on maritime training and located in Castine, Maine. The academy was established by the 90th Maine Legislature on March 21, 1941. Unlike federal service academies, a congr ...

* Massachusetts Maritime Academy * State University of New York Maritime College (part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system) * Texas A&M Maritime Academy (part of the Texas A&M University System)

Military junior colleges

Four institutions are considered

Military junior college A military junior college (MJC) is a military-style junior college in the United States and one of the three major categories of the Army ROTC schools that allows cadets to become commissioned officers in the U.S. Army reserve components in two y ...

s. These four schools participate in the Army's two-year

Early Commissioning Program Early Commissioning Program (ECP) is a U.S. Army ROTC program that allows graduates of one of the nation's four Military Junior Colleges (MJC) to become commissioned officers in the reserve components (National Guard or Reserve) in two years, ...

(ECP), an Army

ROTC The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC ( or )) is a group of college- and university-based officer-training programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces. Overview While ROTC graduate officers serve in al ...

program in which qualified students can earn a commission as a

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after only two years of college. The four Military Junior Colleges are: * Georgia Military College (

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) * Marion Military Institute ( Marion, Alabama) * New Mexico Military Institute ( Roswell, New Mexico) * Valley Forge Military Academy and College (

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Private college-prep military schools

Camden Military Academy BC and Color Guard, Graduation 2018

Admiral Farragut Academy Admiral Farragut Academy, established in 1933, is a private, college-prep school serving students in grades K-12. Farragut is located in St. Petersburg, Florida in Pinellas County and is surrounded by the communities of Treasure Island, Gulfpo ...

( St. Petersburg, Florida; coeducational) *American Military Academy (

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; coeducational) *

Army and Navy Academy Army and Navy Academy is an elite private college-preparatory military boarding school for boys in Carlsbad, California. Founded in 1910, the academy admits boys in grades 7 through 12. History The academy was founded by Colonel Thomas A. Davis ...

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Baylor School Baylor School, commonly called Baylor, is a private, coeducational college-preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Founded in 1893, the school currently sits atop a 690-acre campus and enrolls students in grades 6-12, including boarding st ...

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); military school from 1917 to 1971 *

Benedictine College Preparatory Benedictine College Preparatory is a private Roman Catholic military high school in Goochland, Virginia. It is owned and operated by the Benedictine Society of Virginia, part of the American-Cassinese Congregation. Benedictine offers education ...

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Benedictine Military School Benedictine Military School (also referred to as Benedictine or BC) is an American Roman Catholic military high school for boys located in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1902 by the Benedictine monks of Savannah Priory, wh ...

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Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Br ...

) * Camden Military Academy (

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) * Christian Brothers Academy (

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) * Culver Military Academy ( Culver, Indiana) *

Fishburne Military School Fishburne Military School (FMS) is a private, military boarding school for boys in Waynesboro, Virginia, United States. It was founded by James A. Fishburne in 1879 and is one of the oldest military schools in the country. History James A. F ...

( Waynesboro, Virginia) *

Florida Preparatory Academy Florida Prep (FPA) is a private boarding and day school founded in 1961 by Jonathan Dwight, located in Melbourne, Florida. Students in grades 6 -12 are provided a college-preparatory education that emphasizes leadership, character, accountability ...

( Melbourne, Florida; coeducational from 2005) * Fork Union Military Academy ( Fork Union, Virginia) * Hargrave Military Academy (

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La Salle Institute La Salle Institute is an independent, private, Catholic college preparatory school run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Troy, New York, United States serving boys and girls in grades six through twelve. It was establis ...

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) *Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy ( Leonardtown, Maryland; coeducational) *

Southern Preparatory Academy Southern Preparatory Academy is a private military school located in Camp Hill, Alabama for boys in grades 6-12. The Academy emphasizes academic achievement, leadership, and character development. It was formerly known as Lyman Ward Military Aca ...

( Camp Hill, Alabama) * Marine Military Academy ( Harlingen, Texas) *

Massanutten Academy Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) is a coeducational military school for grades 5 through 12 and one academic postgraduate year, located in Woodstock, Virginia, United States. History The Massanutten Military Academy, named for the nearby mo ...

( Woodstock, Virginia; coeducational) * Missouri Military Academy (

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) * New York Military Academy (

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; coeducational) *North Valley Military Institute (Sun Valley, California; coeducational) * Oak Ridge Military Academy ( Oak Ridge, North Carolina; coeducational) *

Randolph-Macon Academy Randolph-Macon Academy (R-MA) is a coeducational private boarding school with an elite Air Force JROTC component. R-MA serves students in grades 6-12 and maintains 100% college acceptance rate every year with each class averaging over $14 million ...

( Front Royal, Virginia; coeducational) * Riverside Military Academy (

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San Marcos Baptist Academy San Marcos Academy or SMA (also known as San Marcos Baptist Academy or SMBA) is a private, coeducational, college preparatory Christian school that is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. It is accredited by the Southern Assoc ...

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San Marcos, Texas San Marcos ( ) is a city and the county seat of Hays County, Texas, United States. The city's limits extend into Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties, as well. San Marcos is within the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area and on the Interstate 35 ...

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Saint Thomas Academy Saint Thomas Academy (abbr. STA), originally known as St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary and formerly known as St. Thomas Military Academy, is the only all-male, Catholic, college-preparatory, military high school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota ...

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) * St. Catherine's Academy (

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; Kindergarten - 8th Grade; all boys) * St. John's College High School (

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; first JROTC school in the USA; coeducational) * St. John's Northwestern Military Academy (

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) * Southeastern Military Academy ( Port St. Lucie, Florida) * TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas (

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N.B. The military program at TMI has been optional since the 1970s and most students are not cadets. Despite this, the school maintains membership in the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States * Valley Forge Military Academy and College (

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Public schools

These military academies are part of the

Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC -- commonly pronounced "JAY-rotsee") is a federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools and also in some middle schools across the United States and at US milit ...

(JROTC) program and are partly funded by the

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. Chicago with six academies has more than any other city, a third of all in the country. * Air Force Academy High School (

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) * Bridgeport Military Academy First Responders (

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Carver Military Academy George Washington Carver Military Academy (formerly known as George Washington Carver Area High School) is a public 4–year military high school located in the Riverdale area on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened i ...

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Chicago Military Academy Chicago Military Academy-Bronzeville is a public four-year military high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in a building known as the Eighth Regiment Armory. The academy opened on Aug ...

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) * Cleveland Junior Naval Academy ( St. Louis, Missouri) *

Delaware Military Academy The Delaware Military Academy (DMA) is a publicly-funded charter high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware and has a Wilmington postal address. The Academy was founded in 2003 by Charles Baldwin, a retired Master Chief Petty Offi ...

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) * First State Military Academy ( Smyrna, Delaware) * Franklin Military Academy (

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; the country’s first secondary military academy) * Georgia Military College (

; coeducational, public but not part of University System of Georgia) * Hollywood Hills Military Academy ( Hollywood, Florida) * Kenosha Military Academy (

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Marine Academy of Science and Technology The Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) is a coeducational four-year magnet public high school located in the Sandy Hook section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth thro ...

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) * Marine Math and Science Academy (

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) * New Mexico Military Institute ( Roswell, New Mexico; coeducational) * New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy (

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Philadelphia Military Academy Philadelphia Military Academy (PMA) is a military school in North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school opened for the 2004–2005 school year as the Philadelphia Military Academy at Leeds in the Cedarbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia. The sch ...

* Phoenix Military Academy (

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Sarasota Military Academy Sarasota Military Academy (SMA) is a military academy charter school founded in 2002 in Sarasota, Florida. The academy consists of a middle school and a high school. The school's athletic teams compete as the Eagles. Other extracurricular activitie ...

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Sarasota, Florida Sarasota () is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, Sarasota County on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The c ...

) * Summerlin Military Academy (

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) * Utah Military Academy (

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) * Utah Military Academy - Camp Williams (

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Graduate schools

* United States Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, Kansas) *

United States Army War College The United States Army War College (USAWC) is a U.S. Army educational institution in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500-acre (2 km2) campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks. It provides graduate-level instruction to senior military officer ...

(Carlisle, Pennsylvania) *

United States Army Warrant Officer Career College The United States Army's Warrant Officer Career College (USAWOCC), located at Fort Rucker, Alabama, functions as Training and Doctrine Command's executive agent for all warrant officer training and education in the U.S. Army. The Warrant Officer ...

(Fort Rucker, Alabama) * Naval War College (Newport, Rhode Island) *

Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California. It offers master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 70 fields of study to the U.S. Armed Forces, DOD c ...

(Monterey, California) * Marine Corps University (Quantico, Virginia) * Marine Corps War College (Quantico, Virginia) * Air Force Institute of Technology (Dayton, Ohio) * USAF Air War College (Montgomery, Alabama) * National Defense University (Washington, D.C.) * The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School (Charlottesville, Virginia) *

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is a health science university of the U.S. federal government. The primary mission of the school is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S. at home and abroad in the medical corps as ...

(Bethesda, Maryland)

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Federal Service Academies

Senior Military Colleges In the United States, a senior military college (SMC) is one of six colleges that offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs under , though many other schools offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps under other secti ...

State-supported maritime colleges and universities

Military junior colleges

Private college-prep military schools

Public schools

Graduate schools

See also

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