United States Military Academy

West Point, NY · Public · College town

Admission figures

Acceptance rate: 12.4%
SAT (middle 50%): 1200–1430
ACT (middle 50%): 27–33
Undergraduates: 4,408
In-state tuition: $0
Out-of-state tuition: $0
Graduation rate: 86%
Yield (admitted students who enrol): 76%; 1,210 of 1,598 admitted students enrolled in 2023

Yield is not a quality score. It says how often admitted students pick this college over their other offers — useful for reading how it sits against its rivals, and nothing more. It is also the most gameable number in admissions: a binding Early Decision round turns admits into enrolments by contract, so colleges with large ED intakes post high yields largely by construction. Counts are IPEDS 2023, a different collection from the admission rate above, so the two may describe different years.

Majors at United States Military Academy

38 undergraduate programs, from the federal field-of-study data. Choosing one changes your estimate — a capacity-constrained program is admitted far more competitively than the school-wide rate suggests.

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United States Military Academy does not publish admission rates by major — almost no US university does, and the federal data has no such field. We apply a documented field-level adjustment instead and label it as modelled, rather than inventing a per-major rate.

What it would actually cost

United States Military Academy doesn't report net price by income band in the federal data, so we have nothing reliable to show. The published out-of-state tuition is $0 — and that is tuition alone, before living costs and before any aid, so treat it as neither a floor nor a prediction.

Who studies here

Enrolled undergraduates, from federal reporting.

White64%
Asian12%
Hispanic or Latino12%
Black or African American9%
International students1%
Two or more races1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1%
Not reported0%

This is context about the campus, not an input to your estimate. Since Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), US colleges may not consider an applicant's race — so your background does not move the number, and any tool that says otherwise is describing a practice that ended in 2023. How this is calculated.

Essays for 2026–27

Always confirm against the school's own page before you write.

United States Military Academy is not on the Common App's member list (checked 2026-10-18), so the Common App essay does not apply here. It takes applications through its own site or another system; its own essays, below, are what count.