School	United States Coast Guard Academy	United States Military Academy	United States Naval Academy	United States Air Force Academy
Public/Private	Public	Public	Public	Public
Founded	1931	1802	1845	1954
Religious Affiliation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Size	795	4,209	4,020	4,072
Location
City/State	New London, CT	West Point, NY	Annapolis, MD	USAF Academy, CO
Setting	Suburban	Suburban	City	Suburban
Distance from home	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Academics
Student-to-faculty ratio	7/1	7/1	7/1	7/1
Full-time faculty	99%	100%	100%	100%
Classes taught by TAs	0%	0%	0%	0%
Classes with under 20 students	64%	99%	59%	78%
Classes with 50+ students	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Average graduation rate	69%	84%	80%	79%
Cost
Private tuition and fees	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Public in-state tuition and fees	N/A	N/A	$012	$012
Public out-of-state tuition and fees	N/A	N/A	$012	$012
Room/Board	N/A	N/A	$012	$012
Financial Aid*
Students receiving:    Need-based grants	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Need-based self-help aid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Merit aid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Students whose need was fully met	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Average financial aid package	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Average need-based grant	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Admissions
Selectivity	Most selective	More selective	Most selective	Most selective
Acceptance rate	7%	13%	16%	12%
Number of applicants	5,757	12,442	9,813	10,035
Average high school GPA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SAT/ACT (25/75 percentile)	1190 - 13503	1160 - 1340	1230 - 1390	1210 - 13703
Student Satisfaction
Freshman retention rate	85%	92%9	94%	90%
Alumni giving rate	42%	4%	30%	18%
Student Body
Diversity**	yes	yes	yes	yes
Fraternity members	N/A	N/A	0%	N/A
Sorority members	N/A	N/A	0%	N/A
Students living off campus	N/A	0%	0%	0%

N/A indicates that the school did not provide data to U.S. News in a certain area, or that the data is not applicable
to a particular school, such as in-state or out-of-state tuition for private schools.

*All financial aid data is based on the total number of undergraduates who applied for aid.
**A school is considered diverse if the minority population is greater than the national average of 17 percent.

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