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U.S. Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy
USNA Gold Seal.png
Motto Ex Scientia Tridens (Latin)
Motto in English
From Knowledge, Sea Power
Type US Service Academy
Established 10 October 1845 (1845-10-10)
Academic affiliations
APLU
Superintendent VADM Walter E. Carter Jr.
Dean Andrew T. Phillips
Academic staff
510
Students 4,576 midshipmen
Location Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Campus Urban – 338 acres (136.8 ha)
Colors Navy Blue and Gold
         
Nickname Midshipmen
Mascot Bill the Goat
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division IPatriot League
American Athletic Conference
CSFL EARC EIGL EIWA
Website www.usna.edu
U.S. Naval Academy
Location Maryland Ave. and Hanover St., Annapolis, Maryland
Built 1845 (1845)
Architect Ernest Flagg
Engineer Severud Associates
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 66000386
Significant dates
Added to NRHP 15 October 1966
Designated NHLD 4 July 1961

The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Established on 10 October 1845, under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, it is the second oldest of the United States' five service academies, and educates officers for commissioning primarily into the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The 338-acre (137 ha) campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, 33 miles (53 km) east of Washington, D.C. and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Baltimore. The entire campus is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites, buildings, and monuments. It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum, in Philadelphia, that served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1838 to 1845 when the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis.

Candidates for admission generally must both apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a Member of Congress. Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as midshipmen. Tuition for midshipmen is fully funded by the Navy in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation. Approximately 1,200 "plebes" (an abbreviation of the Ancient Roman word plebeian) enter the Academy each summer for the rigorous Plebe Summer, but only about 1,000 midshipmen graduate. Graduates are usually commissioned as ensigns in the Navy or second lieutenants in the Marine Corps, but a small number can also be cross-commissioned as officers in other U.S. services, and the services of allied nations. The United States Naval Academy has some of the highest paid graduates in the country according to starting salary. The academic program grants a bachelor of science degree with a curriculum that grades midshipmen's performance upon a broad academic program, military leadership performance, and mandatory participation in competitive athletics. Midshipmen are required to adhere to the academy's Honor Concept.


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