Are the Service Academies Prestigious?

[Anonymous]

They are among the most selective of our higher ed institutions. Are they considered presitigious?

[Anonymous]

Yes. They are prestigious and highly competitive.

[Anonymous]

Very.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are prestigious and highly competitive.

Are they considered intellectually (academically) rigorous?

[Anonymous]

I grew up on the West Coast and attended a private prep school and frankly never heard of West Point or Annapolis until I moved to Washington, DC.

Who is hiring their grads?

[Anonymous]

Of course they are prestigious and academically rigorous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. They are prestigious and highly competitive.

Are they considered intellectually (academically) rigorous?

Yes. They are on par with the Ivy League. Actually, they're maybe a half-step above. With the possible exception of the Merchant Marine Academy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on the West Coast and attended a private prep school and frankly never heard of West Point or Annapolis until I moved to Washington, DC.

Who is hiring their grads?

This is the list of companies who attended the most recent DC career conference that is exclusive to service academy alumni. There are no other job-seeking attendees allowed, so the only reason a company would pay to participate is to recruit service academy alumni:

https://sacc-jobfair.com/companiesattending.aspx?location=DC&year=2018

Some of the more recognizable names on this list include:

Accenture
Aetna
Amazon
Ayco, A Goldman Sachs Company
Bank of America
Booz Allen Hamilton
Boston Scientific
Capital One
Deloitte
Eaton
ExxonMobil
Facebook
General Dynamics
General Electric
General Motors
Georgetown University
Google
J.Crew
Johnson & Johnson
JP Morgan Chase
Koch Industries
Lockheed Martin
Los Alamos National Lab
Lowe's
McKinsey & Company
Merck
Microsoft
National Nuclear Security Administration
Newport News Shipbuilding
NIKE
Office Depot
PepsiCo
Pratt & Whitney
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Procter & Gamble
RAND Corporation
S&P Global
Shell Oil Company
Target
The Boston Consulting Group
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
The Wharton School
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
UBS Financial Services
UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management
UnitedHealth Group
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Walmart
Wells Fargo
Yale School of Management
Yale University - Employment Opportunities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on the West Coast and attended a private prep school and frankly never heard of West Point or Annapolis until I moved to Washington, DC.

Who is hiring their grads?

You can’t be serious.

[Anonymous]

The Air Force Academy isn't all that prestigious, but West Point and Annapolis are. But it's still very specialized. Grads concentrate in engineering, defense contracting, etc. I've heard from others that they have a fairly low percentage who go on to professional schools, largely because they have multi-year service commitments and a lot of them end up getting married too, are fairly far along in their careers when they finally go civilian.

In terms of prestige, I would put them a notch or two below the ivy league foremost employers. But for some employers, particularly those in the defense industry, probably a notch above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on the West Coast and attended a private prep school and frankly never heard of West Point or Annapolis until I moved to Washington, DC.

Who is hiring their grads?

We could tell you but then we would have to kill you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Air Force Academy isn't all that prestigious, but West Point and Annapolis are. But it's still very specialized. Grads concentrate in engineering, defense contracting, etc. I've heard from others that they have a fairly low percentage who go on to professional schools, largely because they have multi-year service commitments and a lot of them end up getting married too, are fairly far along in their careers when they finally go civilian.

In terms of prestige, I would put them a notch or two below the ivy league foremost employers. But for some employers, particularly those in the defense industry, probably a notch above.

Maybe the ones who exit as soon as their military commitment is done don’t go on to additional schooling,but career officers usually have multiple masters degrees by the time they retire. They may not be from top 10 schools but they are often given a year just to focus on school. Heck, my FIL got an MBA from UVA in the Air Force and went on to get PhD in economics from Wharton way back in the 60s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on the West Coast and attended a private prep school and frankly never heard of West Point or Annapolis until I moved to Washington, DC.

Who is hiring their grads?

They go into service when they graduate.

[Anonymous]

My husband is a Naval Academy graduate. After serving his 5 years, he immediately attended a Top 10 business school and went straight to Wall Street. He’s done very well, just an example. They are a tight group and the network is very strong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Air Force Academy isn't all that prestigious, but West Point and Annapolis are. But it's still very specialized. Grads concentrate in engineering, defense contracting, etc. I've heard from others that they have a fairly low percentage who go on to professional schools, largely because they have multi-year service commitments and a lot of them end up getting married too, are fairly far along in their careers when they finally go civilian.

In terms of prestige, I would put them a notch or two below the ivy league foremost employers. But for some employers, particularly those in the defense industry, probably a notch above.

Maybe the ones who exit as soon as their military commitment is done don’t go on to additional schooling,but career officers usually have multiple masters degrees by the time they retire. They may not be from top 10 schools but they are often given a year just to focus on school. Heck, my FIL got an MBA from UVA in the Air Force and went on to get PhD in economics from Wharton way back in the 60s.

I agree on their graduates not being in top professional schools. I had only one service academy grad in my law school class, and I just asked my wife about her medical school class and she had none. We were both in top 10 schools.