<p>Does anyone know the exact dollar value of West Point? My school does a pamphlet at graduation listing the scholarships everybody got, and my counselor needs to know. I hear it’s like 250K, and this will really help my class to look good when compared to previous classes amounts!</p>
<p>i believe all the academies are valued at 250k </p>
<p>except for CGA which is valued at 300k</p>
<p>From the USMA Admissions FAQ’s </p>
<p>Q: How long must I serve in the Army?
You must serve at least five years of active duty and three years in a Reserve Component, a total of eight years, after you graduate. The active duty obligation is the nation’s return on a West Point graduate’s fully-funded, four-year college education that is valued in excess of $225,000.</p>
<p>I found this report online–it’s from 2002, and it lists the cost at $350k.
<a href=“http://www.gao.gov/atext/d031000.txt[/url]”>http://www.gao.gov/atext/d031000.txt</a></p>
<p>Doug</p>
<p>The value of an education at West Point?</p>
<p>Well, how much are the lives of the men and women under your command worth?</p>
<p>Priceless.</p>
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I don’t think his school is going to want to put priceless as the price in their pamphlet…</p>
<p>Tyleroar</p>
<p>Ask a grad how much they think their education was worth to them. I think you’ll find the unit measurement is a bit different than dollars and cents.</p>
<p>magoo09:</p>
<p>In response to your original question, I expect your school wants a value similar to the value of a normal scholarship. That is, the value of the tuition, room and board, and other expenses covered by a given scholarship.</p>
<p>The $350,000 amount mentioned by doug1 was determined by taking the USMA budget for a given year and dividing it by the number of graduates. I think that probably overstates the value of an appointment when comparing it to other colleges since most colleges claim that tuition covers only a fraction of the college’s total cost.</p>
<p>I feel the more comparable value is $250,000 or about $60,000 per year. That would include the following values (my rough estimates) of tuition($40,000), room/board ($7,000), medical ins.($2,000), books/fees/travel reimb. ($2,000), and cadet pay($9,000).</p>
<p>Shogun: I understand what you’re saying, and to me it’s not about money. The money means nothing. However, for the pamphlet at graduation, it IS about money. </p>
<p>Aspen: Thanks for your post. After looking further into it, it seems your estimate was right on the money!</p>
<p>magoo: understood</p>
<p>aspen–sounds about right–we spend about 41000 (with room and board) at USC for my son (thank heaven for PLUS loans!), and Southern Cal is on the higher end of private college tuition/room/board. I would assume that the additional cost of equipment (fun stuff like weapons, ammo, etc!) would boost a significant amount to the total yearly cost per cadet.</p>
<p>Tyleroar said “ask a grad…”</p>
<p>I saw a quote from a WP grad once that said to the effect that when he was at WP he felt like they were providing him with a $250,000 education shoved up his backside a nickel at a time.</p>
<p>GEB-
Actually tyleroar didn’t say that, shogun did.</p>
<p>West Point Admissions was e-mailed on the subject. My Regional Commander said that the education is valued at $320–but if I found a higher number in writing from an authorized source–such as a government website, then use the higher number.</p>
<p>Doug</p>