ARMY COLLEGE PROGRAMS
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The Army offers a number of college programs to exceptional students who are interested in pursuing a career in the Army. You’ll be expected to meet the highest physical and academic standards, and when you graduate from an Army college, you’ll do so with the strength and knowledge needed to prepare you for your future as a leader in the Army.
Army ROTC has a number of paid summer internship programs for current and prospective cadets. JAG, engineering and medical internships are just a few of the options available to you. Army internships are a great way to acquire the skills and specialized training you’ll need for a career in the Army. Learn which one may be the right Army internship program for you.
Learn More about InternshipsWEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY
The United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., was founded in 1802 and is the oldest of five service academies. Cadets here are immersed in a military environment, and through a tradition of leadership training and a rigorous curriculum, learn firsthand what it takes to be an officer in the Army.
JUNIOR MILITARY COLLEGE
There are five schools that offer junior military Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs in the U.S. Enrolled students have the opportunity to become commissioned officers in just two years through the Early Commissioning Program. Below are the five junior military colleges:
- Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo.
- Valley Forge Military Academy, Wayne, Pa.
- Marion Military Institute, Marion, Ala.
- New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, N.M.
- Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, Ga.
SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGE
There are six schools that offer senior military Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs in the U.S. Enrolled students will undergo military and physical training, and must adhere to the Cadet Code of Conduct. Below are the six senior military colleges:
- North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Ga.
- Norwich University, Northfield, Vt.
- Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
- The Citadel, Charleston, S.C.
- Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va.
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
- WEST POINT
- SGT Kristen King - Student/Broadcast Journalist
- Episode 2: - West Point Officer / UVA Athletic Director
SGT KRISTEN KING
Student/Broadcast Journalist
I'm SGT Kristen King, I'm a 46 Romeo (46R) - Broadcast Journalist in the Army Reserve. As a Broadcast Journalist in the military, you have to be a one-man show. You have to do everything that there is for that job. When I was in Baghdad, I traveled around the country, I went out and shot all my own video, I interviewed everyone, I wrote my scripts and I also anchored our newscasts, "Freedom Journal of Rock."
I'm able to balance my job as an Army Reservist, and my life (the other 28 days of the month) fairly well. What I do in the Army Reserve directly correlates to what I'm doing in the civilian world, as a journalism student, and so I'm really able to use what I learn in both of those worlds and relate them to each other.
And the Army Reserve has really helped me fulfill everything I wanted to do as far as my education goes. They helped me pay for college, they're paying all of my loans off, they give me money for tuition, and I also get money through the GI Bill.
By doing my job and getting to meet people who also do my job in the civilian world, I've made a lot of contacts that I can eventually call up and they can help me to get a good job.
