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Navy ROTC: Forged by the Sea of Leadership

The Reserve Officer Training Program (ROTC) for the Navy is unique, in that its graduates are those who lead and serve as commissioned officers in three crucial components within the United States Navy: the Marine Corps, the Navy Nurse Corp, and the Navy’s unrestricted line.

Furthermore, only the best applicants are selected for the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program through a highly competitive national selection process.

Awardees receive full tuition, book stipends, educational fees and many other financial benefits while attending our country’s leading universities.

The Navy ROTC Program was established to develop midshipmen mentally, morally, and physically to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, and loyalty, and with the core values of honor, courage and commitment…

Navy ROTC Information

Navy ROTC is a multi-year program that runs alongside a student’s normal college or university program. Navy ROTC students attend classes in Naval Science, participate in the Navy ROTC unit for drill, physical training, and learn the principles and ideals of a military officer.

During summer breaks, Navy ROTC students participate in a variety of training activities. These range from a 6-week Marine Corps course, assignments to nuclear vessels, and assignments to aviation units.

These summer courses give students a glimpse of the career opportunities available once they commission. Additionally, summer training familiarizes Cadets with the military lifestyle.

All Navy ROTC students must select one of these three options:

  1. Navy Option – leads to post-graduation commissioning as a US Navy ensign in any of the various Naval warfare communities.
  2. Marine Corps Option – leads to post-graduation commissioning as a second lieutenant in the US Marine Corps.
  3. Nurse Option – leads to post-graduation commissioning in the US Navy as an ensign in the Navy Nursing Corps, a part of the Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine.

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Scholarship Information

There are many benefits offered by the National Scholarship. Check out the  National Scholarship Benefits page for more the full list. It also addresses what is NOT covered by the scholarship.

Ensure that you carefully review the Program Requirements, as some of them can be tricky and time-consuming to complete.

Then, familiarize yourself with the Scholarship Application Process. The online application is extensive and can take several hours to complete. 

The Navy ROTC website has offered an Application Information Checklist (PDF) to assist with the process of gathering information and ensuring that your application is complete.

If you have questions about filling out the application, or need assistance with doing so, there are coordinators available, which can be found using this resource: Locate a Coordinator.

The 2022 scholarship application will be open from 1 April 2021 to 31 January 2022. Now is the time to prepare for your future.

Other Scholarship Opportunities

While the National Scholarship is highly competitive, there are other scholarship opportunities available to achieve your dream of becoming a commissioned officer. 

For the Navy only option, there is the Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Scholarship Program.

For the Marine Corps only option, there are two:

  1. Frederick C. Branch Leadership Scholarship
  2. General Pedro Del Valle Leadership Scholarship

There are also opportunities available with the NROTC Preparatory Scholarship Reservations (NPSR) Program.

 

Navy ROTC College List, by state

The following list contains the current military friendly colleges and schools that participate in Navy ROTC. Unique to the Navy is the Nurse Corps. The schools that offer Nursing programs are marked with (RN), while the schools that offer only the Nurse program are marked with (RN only).

The schools marked with (RN), or ones that are without marking, are those that can commission into the regular Navy and Marine Corps as well. However, there is one school that only commissions into the Navy.

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Alabama

Auburn University

Tuskegee University

Arizona

Arizona State University

University of Arizona

  • Pima Community College

California

UCLA (RN)

UC – Berkeley

  • California State University Maritime Academy
  • Stanford University
  • University of California at Davis

San Diego State University

  • California State University – San Marcos
  • University of California at San Diego

University of San Diego

  • Point Loma Nazarene University

University of Southern California

Colorado

University of Colorado

  • University of Colorado at Denver

Connecticut

Yale University

District of Columbia

George Washington University

  • Catholic University of America (RN)
  • Georgetown University (RN)
  • Howard University (RN)

Florida

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Florida A&M University

  • Florida State University (RN)
  • Tallahassee Community College

Jacksonville University (RN)

  • Florida State College at Jacksonville
  • University of North Florida

University of Florida

University of South Florida

  • University of Tampa

Georgia

Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Georgia State University
  • Kennesaw State University

Morehouse College

  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Spelman College

Savannah State University

  • Armstrong Atlantic State University

Hawaii

University of Hawaii (RN)

Idaho

University of Idaho

  • Washington State University

Illinois

Illinois Institute of Technology

  • Kennedy King College
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

Northwestern University

  • Loyola University (RN)

University of Illinois

  • Parkland College

Indiana

Purdue University (RN)

University of Notre Dame

  • Holy Cross College
  • St. Mary’s College

Iowa

Iowa State University

Kansas

University of Kansas

Louisiana

Southern University and A&M College (RN)

  • Baton Rouge Community College
  • Louisiana State University
  • Southeastern Louisiana University

Tulane University

  • Dillard University (RN)
  • Loyola University
  • University of New Orleans
  • Xavier University

Maine

Maine Maritime Academy

  • Husson University (RN only)
  • University of Maine at Orono (RN)

Maryland

University of Maryland – College Park

University of Maryland – Baltimore County

Massachusetts

Boston University

  • Boston College (RN)
  • Northeastern University (RN only)

College of the Holy Cross

  • Brown University
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Worcester State University (RN)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Harvard University
  • Tufts University

Michigan

University of Michigan (RN)

  • Eastern Michigan University

Minnesota

University of Minnesota (RN)

  • Macalester College
  • University of Saint Thomas

Mississippi

University of Mississippi

Missouri

University of Missouri

  • Columbia College

Nebraska

University of Nebraska

New Jersey

Rutgers University – New Brunswick (RN)

  • Princeton

New Mexico

University of New Mexico

  • Central New Mexico Community College

New York

Cornell University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Russell Sage College (RN only)
  • Union College

State University of New York Maritime College

  • Columbia University
  • Fordham University
  • Molloy College (RN only)

University of Rochester

  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • St. John Fisher College
  • State University of New York at Brockport

North Carolina

Duke University

North Carolina State University

University of North Carolina

Ohio

Miami University (RN)

Ohio State University

Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

Oregon

Oregon State University

Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University

  • Duquesne University (RN)
  • University of Pittsburgh (RN)

Pennsylvania State University (RN)

University of Pennsylvania (RN)

  • Drexel University (RN)
  • Temple University (RN)

Villanova University (RN)

South Carolina

The Citadel

University of South Carolina

  • Allen University
  • Midlands Technical College

Tennessee

University of Memphis

  • Christian Brothers University
  • Rhodes College

Vanderbilt University

  • Belmont University (RN only)
  • Tennessee State University

Texas

Prairie View A&M University

Rice University

  • Texas Southern University
  • University of Houston – University Park

Texas A&M University

  • Texas A&M at Galveston (Navy option only)

University of Texas (RN)

  • Huston-Tillotson University

Utah

University of Utah

  • Weber State University
  • Westminster College

Vermont

Norwich University (RN)

Virginia

Hampton University

Norfolk State University

  • Tidewater Community College

Old Dominion University

  • Regent University

University of Virginia (RN)

Virginia Military Institute

  • Mary Baldwin University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Washington

University of Washington

  • Seattle University (RN only)

Wisconsin

Marquette University (RN)

  • Milwaukee School of Engineering (RN)
  • University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

University of Wisconsin

 

Forge Your Future

Time is running out to drop your application for the 2022 cycle.

If your dream is to commission into the Navy or Marine Corps, do not let education stand in the way.

Jump on that application. It’s full speed ahead!

(Image courtesy of Seaman Drace Wilson, published by the US Navy)

 

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Robert Haynes is a retired Army infantryman who has a squad of kids and is married to an active duty Soldier. He is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, who spent his last few years in the Army as a Drill Sergeant. He is now a full-time dad, freelance writer, and out-of-work comedian.