NROTC Four-Year National Scholarship

Covers full tuition and select fees at a partner school (or up to $11,500/year toward room & board), a $750/year textbook stipend, uniforms, three summer training cruises, and a monthly subsistence allowance ($250 freshman/$300 sophomore/$350 junior/$400 senior). Applicants must be at least 17 and not yet 23 by September 1 of the year they start college, a U.S. citizen or in the naturalization process, with no pending criminal or federal convictions, and (per the site's general applicant requirements) meet minimum SAT (1100 combined) or ACT (44 combined) scores or an ASVAB AFQT of 81+. Leads to a commission as a Navy or Marine Corps officer with a 4-5 year active-duty obligation depending on the option chosen.

Eligibility

DemographicsRequires accepting an active-duty commission (Navy: 5 yrs; Marine Corps/Nurse option: 4 yrs) and meeting military accession standards. Applicants may begin the application in the second semester of junior year of high school; must graduate high school before August 1 of the year they start college.

Applying

Full tuition, or up to $11,500/yr toward room & board, plus stipends and uniforms