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United States Naval Academy

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  1. What families pay after grants and aid was not reported.

  2. Earnings ten years after entering were not reported.

  3. 93% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1845
Enrollment, 2023
4,644
Website
usna.edu/homepage.php
Motto
“Ex scientia tridens”
Campus of United States Naval Academy

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The United States Naval Academy is a federal service academy adjacent to Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of the five U.S. service academies and it educates midshipmen for service in the officer corps of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. It is part of the Naval University System. The 338-acre (137 ha) campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, 33 miles (53 km) east of Washington, D.C., and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Baltimore. The entire campus, known colloquially as the Yard, is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites, buildings, and monuments. It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum in Philadelphia that had served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1838 to 1845, at which time the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis.

From the Wikipedia article “United States Naval Academy”, revision 1361022945, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The sticker cost is not reported; what families at each income paid after aid is not reported.

Statement of cost · United States Naval Academy

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
not reported
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
not reported
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
not reported
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2012
$0

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

not reported for any income bracket

Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30knot reported
$30k–$48knot reported
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Earnings and graduate debt are not reported for this school.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
not reported
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
not reported
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
not reported
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
not reported
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
not reported

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

earnings not reported at 6, 8 or 10 years

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entrynot reported
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entrynot reported
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entrynot reported
Median graduate debtnot reported

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at United States Naval Academy
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
EconomicsBachelor's Degree148not reportednot reported
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree113not reportednot reported
Operations ResearchBachelor's Degree76not reportednot reported
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation EngineeringBachelor's Degree71not reportednot reported
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree68not reportednot reported
Intelligence, Command Control and Information OperationsBachelor's Degree52not reportednot reported
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringBachelor's Degree50not reportednot reported
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree45not reportednot reported
Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesBachelor's Degree44not reportednot reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree40not reportednot reported
HistoryBachelor's Degree40not reportednot reported
ChemistryBachelor's Degree37not reportednot reported
Show all 20 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Ocean EngineeringBachelor's Degree34not reportednot reported
PhysicsBachelor's Degree31not reportednot reported
Naval Architecture and Marine EngineeringBachelor's Degree29not reportednot reported
Mathematical EconomicsBachelor's Degree23not reportednot reported
MathematicsBachelor's Degree22not reportednot reported
Physical Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree20not reportednot reported
Nuclear EngineeringBachelor's Degree19not reportednot reported
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringBachelor's Degree18not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

United States Naval Academy: 4,474 undergraduates; 9% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

9%

below the 1st percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

4,474

47th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

not reported

Completion

93%

finish within 150% of normal time

above the 99th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

not reported

Median family income

not reported

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

not reported

Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30knot reported
$30k–$48knot reported
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 2,783 people who studied at United States Naval Academy, most often in military (52%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 3.3% (103 people); medicine 0.3% (9 people); law 2.5% (77 people); politics & gov 6.2% (193 people); business 2.5% (77 people); engineering & tech 3.1% (97 people); writing & journalism 3.3% (102 people); film & stage 0.7% (22 people); music 0.2% (5 people); visual arts 0.6% (18 people); sports 25% (780 people); religion 0.0% (1 people); military 52% (1,621 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1033.3%
medicine90.3%
law772.5%
politics & gov1936.2%
business772.5%
engineering & tech973.1%
writing & journalism1023.3%
film & stage220.7%
music50.2%
visual arts180.6%
sports78025.1%
religion10.0%
military1,62152.2%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsmilitary officer (1,227) · basketball player (658) · naval officer (210) · military personnel (185) · politician (148) · submariner (75) · aircraft pilot (72) · engineer (67)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 4% for the 1950s to 6% for the 1990s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 17 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1780snot reported1not reported
1800snot reported1not reported
1810snot reported3not reported
1820snot reported20not reported
1830snot reported42not reported
1840snot reported99not reported
1850snot reported98not reported
1860snot reported85not reported
1870snot reported110not reported
1880snot reported180not reported
1890snot reported225not reported
1900snot reported228not reported
1910snot reported156not reported
1920snot reported137not reported
1930snot reported143not reported
1940snot reported123not reported
1950s61414%
1960s121209%
1970s93123%
1980s4596%
1990s2336%
2000snot reported6not reported

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 94,731 in 2017-12.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0616,758
2026-0519,527
2026-0421,268
2026-0319,417
2026-0215,372
2026-0121,938
2025-1228,626
2025-1127,015
2025-1024,813
2025-0930,996
2025-0822,621
2025-0719,702
2025-0621,615
2025-0527,099
2025-0423,958
2025-0330,532
2025-0223,367
2025-0138,667
2024-1255,776
2024-1130,033
2024-1036,029
2024-0928,089
2024-0829,955
2024-0726,231
2024-0625,999
2024-0528,767
2024-0424,249
2024-0327,288
2024-0223,996
2024-0127,579
2023-1239,588
2023-1130,053
2023-1028,269
2023-0928,818
2023-0831,319
2023-0726,268
2023-0627,092
2023-0525,520
2023-0423,680
2023-0328,750
2023-0229,977
2023-0126,635
2022-1235,393
2022-1126,476
2022-1027,613
2022-0925,272
2022-0825,962
2022-0726,527
2022-0629,143
2022-0529,788
2022-0424,215
2022-0325,730
2022-0221,826
2022-0124,042
2021-1237,237
2021-1129,101
2021-1030,838
2021-0927,855
2021-0825,974
2021-0726,982
2021-0628,077
2021-0532,273
2021-0427,985
2021-0329,685
2021-0223,726
2021-0131,356
2020-1239,158
2020-1134,974
2020-1030,992
2020-0928,990
2020-0825,764
2020-0728,616
2020-0632,655
2020-0538,578
2020-0443,357
2020-0328,758
2020-0232,659
2020-0133,536
2019-1256,017
2019-1140,073
2019-1038,140
2019-0935,100
2019-0832,559
2019-0734,476
2019-0633,223
2019-0536,062
2019-0430,903
2019-0331,788
2019-0228,362
2019-0132,885
2018-1258,407
2018-1138,587
2018-1040,033
2018-0948,587
2018-0851,801
2018-0732,214
2018-0632,850
2018-0538,999
2018-0430,391
2018-0332,695
2018-0227,893
2018-0130,843
2017-1294,731
2017-1137,084
2017-1034,753
2017-0932,711
2017-0833,076
2017-0738,223
2017-0631,499
2017-0537,073
2017-0432,215
2017-0331,956
2017-0234,212
2017-0134,013
2016-1258,774
2016-1137,181
2016-1036,881
2016-0931,976
2016-0827,061
2016-0727,622
2016-0630,495
2016-0535,864
2016-0428,961
2016-0332,052
2016-0231,596
2016-0129,414
2015-1256,107
2015-1138,041
2015-1032,684
2015-0929,555
2015-0830,512
2015-0731,739

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Albert Abraham Michelson Physics 1907
  • Jimmy Carter Peace 2002

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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