Army ROTC Scholarship Programs

The Army ROTC scholarship program provides financial assistance for the education and training of highly-qualified and motivated young men and women who desire to be commissioned as officers in the Army after graduation from college. 

Eligibility Requirements

• Candidates must be of good moral character, as evidenced by his or her participation as a member of their home community and the institution where they are enrolled.
• Candidates must be a citizen of the United States.
• Candidates must be at least 17 years of age by 1 October of the year of enrollment as a scholarship cadet.
  • Candidates must also be under 27 years of age on 30 June of the calendar year in which eligibility for appointment as a Second Lieutenant. Up to four years extension may be granted for active duty service.
• Candidates must exhibit a strong desire to obtain a commission and baccalaureate degree.
• In the selection process, leadership potential is an important factor considered. Applicants must possess officer potential as evidenced by appearance, personal physical fitness, personality, academic performance, and extracurricular activities.
• Candidates must be medically qualified for initial enrollment into ROTC.
• Candidates must be enrolled in or accepted for enrollment as a full-time regularly matriculating student in any major of study, except theology, at a baccalaureate degree granting institution, beginning the effective date of the scholarship.
• Army ROTC scholarship recipients must attain an undergraduate degree in the discipline in which the scholarship is granted.
• Candidates must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 at the time of application and at contracting. An enrolled applicant must have at least a 3.0 ROTC cumulative GPA.
• Candidates must pass the minimum standard on the Army Physical Fitness Test or the Physical Aptitude Examination.