2012

Applicants and Nominees
Total Applicants (includes nominees)	10,960
Number of male applicants	8,704
Number of female applicants	2,256
Number of Applicants with an official nomination	3,838
Nominees qualified scholastically, medically and physically	2,196
Offers of Admission	1,537
Admitted to the Class of 2012	1,261 [261 Women] [1000 Men]

SAT and ACT Scores
Score Ranges	Verbal	Math
>700 (26-30)	26%	32.7%
>600-699 (26-30)	43.8%	49.2%
<600 (<26)	29.9%	18.1%

Rank in High School Class
Top 20%	76 %
Top 40%	15 %
Middle 20%	8 %
Lower 40%	1.0 %
Bottom 20%	< 0.1 %

Previous College and Prep School

The Class of 2012 includes 27.5% percent (343) from college and post-high school preparatory programs, which include:

202 from Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, RI

11 from Nuclear Power Program

62 from US Naval Academy Foundation Program (44 from preparatory schools and 18 from colleges under Foundation sponsorship).

68 additional students have completed at least six months of study at a college or university (63) or a private preparatory school (5).

Military Background

The Class of 2012 includes 67 midshipmen who previously served as enlisted members of the Navy (46), Marine Corps (20) or Army Reserve (1).

This figure includes 14 who entered directly from Fleet Service (7 USN, 7 USMC). Additionally, 11 USN from Nuclear Power School and 41 prior enlisted who attended a year at the Naval Academy Preparatory School (28 from the Navy, 13 from the Marine Corps). This figure also includes 5 Marines and 1 Sailor who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Geographical Distribution

Midshipmen were admitted to the Class of 2011 from every state in the Nation as well as Washington DC, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam. The Class of 2012 includes 14 international students from: Algeria, Costa Rica (2), Ecuador, Kazakstan, Lithuania, Madagascar, Montenegro, Pakistan (2), Peru, Romania, Singapore and Taiwan.

Minorities

The Class of 2012 includes a total of 351 minority midshipmen (28.1%) with ethnic backgrounds as follows:

African Americans (83)
Hispanics (131)
Asian Americans (68)
Native Americans (32)
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (37)

Women

The Class of 2012 includes 21% (261) women

Sons and Daughters of Alumni

The Class of 2012 includes 47 sons and 17 daughters of Naval Academy Alumni. Both the mother and father of 4 members of the Class of 2012 are alumni of the Naval Academy.