Most military schools in the United States are high schools that place a high emphasis on military preparation, academic rigor, and physical fitness. Most military schools are private and have high tuition, with financial aid available. In addition, most military schools are reserved to males, though military schools for females do exist.
Federal Service Academies
- United States Military Academy (West Point, New York)
- United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, Maryland)
- United States Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
- United States Coast Guard Academy (New London, Connecticut)
- United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, New York)
Senior Military Colleges
- Public Senior Military College
- Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Virginia; four-year public college)
- Public Senior Military Colleges that also enroll civilian students
- The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina (Charleston, South Carolina; four-year public college)
- Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas; four-year public university)
- University of North Georgia (Dahlonega, Georgia; four-year public university)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia; four-year public university)
- Private Senior Military College which also enrolls civilian students
- Norwich University (Northfield, Vermont; four-year private university)
State-supported maritime colleges and universities
Students at these academies are organized as military academy cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or U.S. Merchant Marine, with an option to become commissioned reserve officers with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, or U.S. Marine Corps.
- California State University Maritime Academy (part of the California State University system)
- Great Lakes Maritime Academy (a division of Northwestern Michigan College)
- Maine Maritime Academy
- 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 of the above institutions are considered Military junior colleges. These four schools participate in the Army's two-year Early Commissioning Program (ECP), an Army ROTC program in which qualified students can earn a commission as a Second Lieutenant after only two years of college. The four Military Junior Colleges are:
- Georgia Military College (Milledgeville, Georgia)
- Marion Military Institute (Marion, Alabama)
- New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, New Mexico)
- Valley Forge Military Academy and College (Wayne, Pennsylvania)
Private college-prep military schools
- Admiral Farragut Academy (St. Petersburg, Florida; coeducational)
- American Military Academy (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)
- Army and Navy Academy (Carlsbad, California)
- Benedictine College Preparatory (Goochland, Virginia)
- Camden Military Academy (Camden, South Carolina)
- Carson Long Military Institute (New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania)
- Christian Brothers Academy (Albany, New York)
- Culver Military Academy (Culver, Indiana)
- Fishburne Military School (Waynesboro, Virginia)
- Florida Preparatory Academy (Melbourne, Florida; coeducational from 2005)
- Fork Union Military Academy (Fork Union, Virginia)
- Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, Virginia)
- Howe Military School (Howe, Indiana; coeducational)
- La Salle Institute (Troy, New York)
- Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy (Leonardtown, Maryland; coeducational)
- Lyman Ward Military Academy (Camp Hill, Alabama)
- Marine Military Academy (Harlingen, Texas)
- Massanutten Academy (Woodstock, Virginia; coeducational)
- Missouri Military Academy (Mexico, Missouri)
- New York Military Academy (Cornwall on Hudson, New York; coeducational)
- North Valley Military Institute (Sun Valley, California; coeducational)
- Oak Ridge Military Academy (Oak Ridge, North Carolina; coeducational)
- Randolph-Macon Academy (Front Royal, Virginia; coeducational)
- Riverside Military Academy (Gainesville, Georgia)
- San Marcos Baptist Academy (San Marcos, Texas)
- Saint Thomas Academy (Mendota Heights, Minnesota)
- St. Catherine's Academy (Anaheim, California; Kindergarten - 8th Grade; all boys)
- St. John's College High School (Washington, DC; first JROTC school in the USA; coeducational)
- St. John's Military School (Salina, Kansas)
- St. John's Northwestern Military Academy (Delafield, Wisconsin)
- Southeastern Military Academy (Port St. Lucie, Florida)
- TMI â€" The Episcopal School of Texas (San Antonio, Texas
- Valley Forge Military Academy and College (Wayne, Pennsylvania)
Public schools
These military academies are part of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program, and are partly funded by the United States Department of Defense. Chicago with six academies has more than any other city, a third of all in the country.
- Air Force Academy High School (Chicago, Illinois)
- Bridgeport Military Academy First Responders (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
- Carver Military Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
- Chicago Military Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
- Cleveland Junior Naval Academy (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Delaware Military Academy (Wilmington, Delaware)
- Franklin Military Academy (Richmond, Virginia; the country’s first secondary military academy)
- Georgia Military College (Milledgeville, Georgia; coeducational, public but not part of University System of Georgia)
- Hollywood Hills Military Academy (Hollywood, Florida)
- Kenosha Military Academy (Wisconsin)
- Marine Academy of Science and Technology (Sandy Hook, New Jersey)
- Marine Math and Science Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
- New Mexico Military Institute (Roswell, New Mexico; coeducational)
- New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- Oakland Military Institute (Oakland, California)
- Philadelphia Military Academy
- Phoenix Military Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
- Rickover Naval Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
- Sarasota Military Academy (Sarasota, Florida)
- Summerlin Military Academy (Bartow, Florida)
- Utah Military Academy (Riverdale, Utah)
See also
- Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States
- US military staff colleges
- List of defunct United States military academies
References
