AFROTC offers a number of scholarship opportunities. All AFROTC scholarships provide full tuition and fees (some capped at $18,000) as well as a book stipend each semester. AFROTC scholarships do not cover room and board, but most can be converted to a $10,000 per year housing benefit (paid to the university), and all AFROTC scholarship students receive a non-taxable monthly personal stipend of $300-500 during the school year.
High School Scholarship Program (HSSP)
The High School Scholarship provides full tuition and fees for all four years of college (5 years may be authorized for some majors). HSSP is open to any senior who meets the program requirements:
- Must have a minimum 26 ACT or 1240 SAT composite.
- High School GPA of 3.0 or higher unweighted.
- Pass a DODMERB physical.
- Be between the ages of 17-30 years old.
- Be a U.S. citizen.
- Must NOT have attended post-secondary school as a full-time student.
Start your scholarship application
The application window is typically 6 months long and opens in the summer before your senior year of high school. The current HSSP Applicant Guide with information about this year's timeline can be found at the link below.
AFROTC High School Scholarship Information
Scholarships are given for technical, non-technical, foreign language and nursing majors.
Information on Highly Desired Majors
In College Scholarship Program (ICSP)
Cadets will be automatically competed for 3-year scholarships during the spring semester of their first year in the program, no application required. Scholarship award decisions are based on college GPA, physical fitness scores, class ranking and the detachment commander's assessment of the cadet's leadership. The number of awards varies from year to year.
AFROTC College Scholarship Information
Charles McGee Leadership Award (CMLA)
ALL cadets who are invited to continue in the program past the sophomore year will be offered the Charles McGee Leadership Award which provides 2 years of tuition and fees (up to $18,000 per year). You read that right--100% of upper-level cadets are offered a 2-year full tuition scholarship! They just need a passing fitness score and a 2.5 GPA to activate it.
Charles McGee Leadership Award
Current as of: Summer 2024