United States Air Force Academy
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United States Air Force Academy is a public 4-year college in USAF Academy, Colorado with 4,114 undergraduates. It admits 14% of applicants and 88% of students finish within 6 years.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
14%
US median 78%
Completion rate
88%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
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Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 14%
- Average SAT
- 1,350
- SAT reading, middle
- 660
- SAT math, middle
- 689
- ACT, middle
- 32
- Undergraduates
- 4,114
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 30%
- Students per teacher
- 7
- Completion rate
- 88%
- Retention rate
- 97%
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Programs
- 34
- Endowment
- $151.9M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | CO median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $17,042 | $12,792 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $9,958 | $8,626 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 14% | 89% | 83% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 88% | 62% | 46% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 97% | 72% | 76% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $11,008 | $19,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $36,984 | $43,105 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $42,169 | $50,314 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US public 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
34 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 160 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 138 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 75 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| International/Globalization StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 72 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Systems EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 66 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 57 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Behavioral SciencesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 42 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 36 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Non-Professional Legal StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 32 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Geography and CartographyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Electrical and Computer EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 27 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Operations ResearchBachelor's | Bachelor's | 26 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Intelligence, Command Control and Information OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 22 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Civil EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 21 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| HistoryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 21 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| PhilosophyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| PhysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Social Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Engineering, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at United States Air Force Academy?
14% of applicants are admitted to United States Air Force Academy. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,350 and the middle ACT score is 32. The median admission rate of colleges in Colorado is 89%.
What is the graduation rate at United States Air Force Academy?
88% of first-time, full-time students at United States Air Force Academy finish within 6 years. 97% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public 4-year colleges is 46%.
What are the most popular majors at United States Air Force Academy?
Business Administration, Management and Operations (160 bachelor's graduates), Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (138 bachelor's graduates), Computer Science (75 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 34 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.