The Coast Guard Academy offers an integrated life experience which emphasizes academics, physical fitness, character andalsofeatures an impressive teacher-student ratio and picturesque waterfrontcampus which instills a traditional small college feel.leadership, in order to graduate officers of the highest caliber.Graduates go directly to positions of leadership in "The Shield ofFreedom," one of the most admired organizations in the world. TheAcademy

CoastGuard cadets devote themselves to an honor concept and graduate to workat sea, on land, in the air, and even in space, in meaningful careersof selfless service to others. A great number also go on to graduatelevel study, many at the expense of the Coast Guard. The program ismore rigorous than a non-military college-- but for the rightcandidates-- USCGA is the opportunity of a lifetime.