Air Force ROTC In-College Scholarship

Accepting Applications

About the Scholarship

Opens: 11/1/2024

Closes: 1/13/2025

Air Force ROTC In-College Scholarship provides financial assistance to students who are already enrolled in college, are interested in joining Air Force ROTC, and are willing to serve as Air Force officers following the completion of their bachelor's degree.

Award Amount Varies

Essay Required: No
Need-Based: No
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

This program is open to U.S. citizens who are freshmen or sophomores in college and interested in entering Air Force ROTC. Applicants must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher at the end of their freshman year and meet all other academic and physical requirements for participation in AFROTC. They must be interested in working on a nursing degree from an accredited program.

At the time of Air Force commissioning, they may be no more than 31 years of age.

They must be able to pass the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) and the Air Force ROTC Physical Fitness Test.

Recipients must also complete 4 years of aerospace studies courses at 1 of the 143 colleges and universities that have an Air Force ROTC unit on campus or 1 of the 850 colleges that have crossenrollment agreements with those institutions. They must also attend a 4-week summer training camp at an Air Force base, usually between their sophomore and junior years. Following completion of their bachelor's degree, scholarship recipients earn a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force and serve at least 4 years.