Cadet Torey Douglas, an AFROTC student at Tuskegee University in Alabama, boards a UH-TH1 Huey. The Air Force is increasing the number of scholarships for students to attend ROTC at historically Black colleges and universities like Tuskegee, and adding more Gold ...
“We really try to engage our military dependent student population along with the veterans,” said Candace Terry, executive director of veterans and military affairs at the university. “We invite them into the lounges, we bring them in because they also earned that by...
Military colleges that offer four-year undergraduate degrees fall into two main categories: federal academies in which students receive training to become commissioned officers into different branches of the military, and senior military colleges, which offer Reserve Officer Training Corps programs. While ...
Senior military colleges are all four-year, degree-granting institutions with more immersive ROTC that are more closely related to life at a service academy than at a traditional college or university. There are six senior military colleges and one affiliated program in the U.S.: Senior Military...
For most new officers entering the U.S. Armed Forces, ROTC provides the pathway to service. It’s also the number one way to get a college education paid for before entering the service. Learn more about branch-specific ROTC programs and the benefits and commitments that go with them. ...
If you want the balance of feeling like a normal college student and get military training, then joining an ROTC program at a traditional college is probably your best option. If you want to be in an environment that is completely dedicated to preparing you to serve as a military officer an...