United States Air Force Academy

Air Force Academy, CO · Public research
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Acceptance rate
14.1%
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SAT · 50th
1400
Range 1320–1470
6-yr grad
87.5%
Retention 96.5%
Undergrads
4,114
7:1 S-F
Admissions
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14.1%
— admitted
from — apps
Overall admit rate14.1%
Test scores
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1400
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1320–1470
SAT
255075
R&W650685730
Math660710750
Comp132014001470
ACT
255075
Comp283133
Cost & aid
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tuition not reported
Academics
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7 : 1
student-faculty ratio
96.5% retention
Student-faculty7 : 1
Retention96.5%
4-year graduation83.5%
6-year graduation87.5%
Enrollment
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4,114
undergraduates
Total undergraduates4,114
Rankings
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#5
U.S. News & World Report
Best National Liberal Arts Colleges
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical (Bachelor/Master)#526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Engineering Programs (Bachelor's/Master's)#726
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#6426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Computer Science Programs#7826
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (U.S. News & World Report). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Baccalaureate: Diverse Fields
Carnegie Classification
5 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationBaccalaureate: Diverse Fields5
Institutional controlPublic college153
Geographic groupingColorado colleges6
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Admissions URLhttps://academyadmissions.com
Admissions emailhttps://www.usafa.edu
Admissions phone719-333-3070
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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United States Nava…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
United States Naval Academy MD · Public9.3%13104K
United States Military Academy NY · Public12.4%13304K
College of the Holy Cross MA · Private (Nonprofit)—13403K
Skidmore College NY · Private (nonprofit)23.8%14002K
Colgate University NY · Private (nonprofit)17.5%14803K
Babson College MA · Private (nonprofit)22.4%14302K
Wake Forest University NC · Private (nonprofit)21.6%14505K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — United States Air Force Academy

3 years of United States Air Force Academy's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.