What does NROTC stand for?
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
What is the NROTC Scholarship Program?
The purpose of the NROTC Program is to educate and train qualified young men and women for service as commissioned officers in the Navy's unrestricted line, the Navy Nurse Corps and the Marine Corps. As the largest single source of Navy and Marine Corps officers, the NROTC Scholarship Program plays an important role in preparing mature young men and women for leadership and management positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps.
Selected applicants for the NROTC Scholarship Program are awarded scholarships through a highly competitive national selection process, and receive full tuition, books stipend, educational fees and other financial benefits at many of the country's leading colleges and universities. Upon graduation, midshipmen are commissioned as officers in the unrestricted line Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve.
The NROTC Scholarship Program is available to qualified students who graduate from high school before August 1 of the year they intend to start college.
Students selected for the NROTC Scholarship Program make their own arrangements for college enrollment and room and board, and take the normal course load required by the college or university for degree completion. Additionally, scholarship midshipmen are required to follow specific academic guidelines.
Full information concerning the NROTC Scholarship Program is available from any of the colleges and universities with NROTC units or from Navy and Marine Corps recruiters. A list of colleges and universities is available on this website at the Colleges and Universities page.
When and how was it started?
The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Program was established in 1926 to provide a broad base of citizens knowledgeable in the arts and sciences of Naval Warfare. The program provided an opportunity for young men to undertake careers in the naval profession. In the beginning, there were six NROTC units located at the University of California at Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, University of Washington, and Harvard and Yale Universities. In June of 1930, 126 midshipmen graduated from college, and received commissions in the United States Navy. At least 3 of the graduates went on to obtain flag rank.
The Marine Corps entered the NROTC Program in 1932, offering qualified NROTC graduates commissions in the United States Marine Corps. In 1968, Prairie View A&M became the first Historically Black College (HBC) to host the program. In 1972, the Secretary of the Navy authorized 16 women to enroll in the program and attend school at one of four colleges. Women may now participate in the program while attending any NROTC affiliated college or university. In 1990, the NROTC Scholarship Program was expanded to include applicants pursuing a four-year degree in Nursing, leading to a commission in the Navy Nurse Corps.
The mission of the NROTC Program today... is to develop young men and women morally, mentally, and physically, and to instill in them the highest ideals of honor, courage, and commitment. The program educates and trains young men and women for leadership positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps. Currently there are 61 NROTC units/consortiums hosted at 75 schools throughout the United States. The NROTC Program is available at over 160 colleges and universities that either host NROTC units or have cross-town enrollment agreements with a host university. Selected applicants for the program are awarded scholarships through a highly competitive national selection process, and receive full tuition and other financial benefits at many of the country's leading colleges and universities
Why the NROTC Scholarship?
Freshmen - $250
Sophomore - $300
Junior - $350
Senior - $400
- Be a U.S> Citizen
- Be 17 years old by September 1st of the year starting college and less than 23 years old on June 30th of the year.
- Be a high school graduate or possess an equivalency certified (GED) by August 1st of the same year of anticipated entrance into the four-year NROTC Scholarship Program
- Be physically qualified by the Marine Corps standards.
- Have no moral obligations or personal convictions that will prevent conscientious bearing of arms, and supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
- Have no criminal records of military or civilian offenses.
- Achieve qualifying scores on the SAT or the ACT
> [For NAVY or NURSE CORPS] SAT (Math: 520, Verbal/Writing: 530), ACT (Math: 21, English: 22) [FOR NAVY or NURSE CORPS]
> [For MARINE CORPS ONLY] SAT (1000 Math and Critical Reading Combined), ACT (22 Composite Score), Armed Forces Qualification Test (74)
OTHER SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Scholarship Program (Navy Option Only)
Frederick C. Branch Leadership Scholarship (Marine Option Only)
General Pedro Del Valle Leadership Scholarship (Marine Option Only)
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
What is the NROTC Scholarship Program?
The purpose of the NROTC Program is to educate and train qualified young men and women for service as commissioned officers in the Navy's unrestricted line, the Navy Nurse Corps and the Marine Corps. As the largest single source of Navy and Marine Corps officers, the NROTC Scholarship Program plays an important role in preparing mature young men and women for leadership and management positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps.
Selected applicants for the NROTC Scholarship Program are awarded scholarships through a highly competitive national selection process, and receive full tuition, books stipend, educational fees and other financial benefits at many of the country's leading colleges and universities. Upon graduation, midshipmen are commissioned as officers in the unrestricted line Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve.
The NROTC Scholarship Program is available to qualified students who graduate from high school before August 1 of the year they intend to start college.
Students selected for the NROTC Scholarship Program make their own arrangements for college enrollment and room and board, and take the normal course load required by the college or university for degree completion. Additionally, scholarship midshipmen are required to follow specific academic guidelines.
Full information concerning the NROTC Scholarship Program is available from any of the colleges and universities with NROTC units or from Navy and Marine Corps recruiters. A list of colleges and universities is available on this website at the Colleges and Universities page.
When and how was it started?
The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Program was established in 1926 to provide a broad base of citizens knowledgeable in the arts and sciences of Naval Warfare. The program provided an opportunity for young men to undertake careers in the naval profession. In the beginning, there were six NROTC units located at the University of California at Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, University of Washington, and Harvard and Yale Universities. In June of 1930, 126 midshipmen graduated from college, and received commissions in the United States Navy. At least 3 of the graduates went on to obtain flag rank.
The Marine Corps entered the NROTC Program in 1932, offering qualified NROTC graduates commissions in the United States Marine Corps. In 1968, Prairie View A&M became the first Historically Black College (HBC) to host the program. In 1972, the Secretary of the Navy authorized 16 women to enroll in the program and attend school at one of four colleges. Women may now participate in the program while attending any NROTC affiliated college or university. In 1990, the NROTC Scholarship Program was expanded to include applicants pursuing a four-year degree in Nursing, leading to a commission in the Navy Nurse Corps.
The mission of the NROTC Program today... is to develop young men and women morally, mentally, and physically, and to instill in them the highest ideals of honor, courage, and commitment. The program educates and trains young men and women for leadership positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps. Currently there are 61 NROTC units/consortiums hosted at 75 schools throughout the United States. The NROTC Program is available at over 160 colleges and universities that either host NROTC units or have cross-town enrollment agreements with a host university. Selected applicants for the program are awarded scholarships through a highly competitive national selection process, and receive full tuition and other financial benefits at many of the country's leading colleges and universities
Why the NROTC Scholarship?
- Full tuition at one of the listed colleges or universities
- All mandatory fees imposed by the School on all full-time undergraduate students, except for the following:
- a. Any fee due to withdrawing, failing or repeating a course.
- b. Any fee of tuition above or in addition to those normally charged that are for an elective course not required in a degree or to fulfill any NROTC program requirements.
- c. Refundable fees, such as deposits.
- d. Charges incurred for breaking or damaging property.
- e. Fees assessed by the School for failure to comply with any School requirement.
- f. Fees for advance placement examinations.
- g. Medical or dental insurance.
- h. Fees in connection with any aviation or flight training course, including but not limited to: flight hours; licensing; fuel; aircraft rental; ground instruction; and aircraft service, repair or maintenance. The Navy will not pay for any such fees or costs whether they are charged separately or are incorporated into the tuition charged for the course.
- i. Room and Board
- Stipend of $750 per academic year for text books. ($375 per semester or $250 per quarter)
- Provide all uniforms
- Three summer cruises
- Subsistence allowance each academic month
Freshmen - $250
Sophomore - $300
Junior - $350
Senior - $400
- The length of scholarship benefits is predicated upon the student's degree plan. Students will receive scholarship benefits only for the time required to receive their Baccalaureate Degree or 4 years, whichever comes first. If additional benefits are necessary, students may request and, in some cases, be granted fifth-year benefits.
- Be a U.S> Citizen
- Be 17 years old by September 1st of the year starting college and less than 23 years old on June 30th of the year.
- Be a high school graduate or possess an equivalency certified (GED) by August 1st of the same year of anticipated entrance into the four-year NROTC Scholarship Program
- Be physically qualified by the Marine Corps standards.
- Have no moral obligations or personal convictions that will prevent conscientious bearing of arms, and supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
- Have no criminal records of military or civilian offenses.
- Achieve qualifying scores on the SAT or the ACT
> [For NAVY or NURSE CORPS] SAT (Math: 520, Verbal/Writing: 530), ACT (Math: 21, English: 22) [FOR NAVY or NURSE CORPS]
> [For MARINE CORPS ONLY] SAT (1000 Math and Critical Reading Combined), ACT (22 Composite Score), Armed Forces Qualification Test (74)
OTHER SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Minority Serving Institution (MSI) Scholarship Program (Navy Option Only)
Frederick C. Branch Leadership Scholarship (Marine Option Only)
General Pedro Del Valle Leadership Scholarship (Marine Option Only)