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USAFA was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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United States Air Force Academy has a very low acceptance rate of 16%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to USAFA just in case you don't make the cut.
About 51% of students accepted to USAFA submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 650 and 730. Math scores were between 660 and 750.
Learn more about United States Air Force Academy admissions.
The student to faculty ratio at USAFA is an impressive 7 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at United States Air Force Academy is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 94% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like United States Air Force Academy enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At USAFA the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 85%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at United States Air Force Academy.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,307 full-time undergraduates at USAFA.
Get more details about the location of United States Air Force Academy.
Contact details for USAFA are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 3800, USAF Academy, CO 80840-5002 |
| Phone: | 719-333-1818 |
| Website: | www.usafa.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 135 | NA |
| Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering | 96 | NA |
| Computer Science | 85 | NA |
| General Biology | 68 | NA |
| Operations Research | 60 | NA |
| Behavioral Science | 57 | NA |
| International Studies | 55 | NA |
| Civil Engineering | 48 | NA |
| Economics | 45 | NA |
| Geography & Cartography | 39 | NA |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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