Class of 2030 Statistics

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CLASS OF 2030 (as of June 25, 2026):

PROJECTED CLASS SIZE:
Total ....... 1,204
APPLICATIONS:
Total .............. 16,814

GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION:

Midshipmen were admitted from 49 states in the Nation, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:

The Class of 2030 has 14 international students from Albania (1), Cyprus (1), Egypt (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Morocco (1), Republic of Korea (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Singapore (1), Taiwan (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (1)

ALUMNI SONS & DAUGHTERS:

73 children of Naval Academy alumni. Of those, eleven members of the entering class have both parents who are alumni of the Naval Academy.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

The Class of 2030 includes students from college and post high school preparatory programs

  • 194 from Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, R.I., of those 35 Navy and 7 Marine Corps are prior enlisted
  • 49 from the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation Program/Civilian Prep Program
TOTAL PRIOR ENLISTED:

Navy…………...45

Marine Corps….11

Total…………....56
 
Capt MJ said:
What state did not get anyone in? Interesting, given the wide array of nom sources available. Must be an alignment of low-interest and low-qualification.
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Yeah, what state? Maybe I'll go job hunting this summer for DS's sake. 🤣 Do they release what percentage of the 1204 are reapplicants or how many are coming out of NROTC?
 
USMC Crayons said:
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This number should be doubled.
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I agree. That is pretty low. I know they have other programs for enlisted to get into the officer pipeline, but still. Does anyone know if this number is pretty typical to past years?

Anyone who is thinking that enlisting is a good path to get to USNA, then just look at these stats. Less than 5% of this class is prior enlisted. That is also not considering all of the enlisted applicants that were going for those spots.
 
Ihavenoidea said:
I agree. That is pretty low. I know they have other programs for enlisted to get into the officer pipeline, but still. Does anyone know if this number is pretty typical to past years?

Anyone who is thinking that enlisting is a good path to get to USNA, then just look at these stats. Less than 5% of this class is prior enlisted. That is also not considering all of the enlisted applicants that were going for those spots.
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Do we know the total number that showed interest and followed through with the process?
 
Ihavenoidea said:
I agree. That is pretty low. I know they have other programs for enlisted to get into the officer pipeline, but still. Does anyone know if this number is pretty typical to past years?

Anyone who is thinking that enlisting is a good path to get to USNA, then just look at these stats. Less than 5% of this class is prior enlisted. That is also not considering all of the enlisted applicants that were going for those spots.
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That's a pretty standard number, maybe a higher number for the Marine Corps. I will say 4 candidates directly from FMF is probably not super common.
 
A1Janitor said:
Do we know the total number that showed interest and followed through with the process?
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You obviously have not been around some of the best and brightest in the enlisted ranks.

A significant portion of the process for active duty involves command involvement/recommendations. As such, I consider the fact that <5% of the incoming class consists of active duty sailors and Marines a command failure.

Stop #1 being at the SNCO/LCPO/CPO level probably doesn't help the cause. If there is one thing that many mid-career enlisted E-6's and above hate, its a junior sailor or Marine that is motivated to do something like this.
 
USMC Crayons said:
You obviously have not been around some of the best and brightest in the enlisted ranks.

A significant portion of the process for active duty involves command involvement/recommendations. As such, I consider the fact that <5% of the incoming class consists of active duty sailors and Marines a command failure.

Stop #1 being at the SNCO/LCPO/CPO level probably doesn't help the cause. If there is one thing that many mid-career enlisted E-6's and above hate, it’s a junior sailor or Marine that is motivated to do something like this.
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I was asking a question. How many want this and applied.

Is the problem within the military not pushing these guys? Is the problem the military not developing them?

The 5% number is insufficient for me to understand where the problem lies, if at all.
 
If the 56 number is pretty typical for the past years, then It sounds like a yearly cap of about that number. That means to me it is more related to how many the Navy authorizes for this path rather than interest or eligible enlisted that want to go this path. I am sure there are more than 56 enlisted that are eligible and interested in going to USNA. Especially considering there are about 280,000 enlisted in the Navy. Not even counting the Marine Corp.
 
A1Janitor said:
I was asking a question. How many want this and applied.

Is the problem within the military not pushing these guys? Is the problem the military not developing them?

The 5% number is insufficient for me to understand where the problem lies, if at all.
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That's a number that is not released publicly, so there is no metric to consider.

If the mission of the Naval Academy truly is to identify and graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service wouldn't a great place to look be the enlisted ranks who have proven military leadership skills and traits vs a candidate that has never served one day in the military?

I can't speak to the Navy, but it is documented in the Marine Corps that prior enlisted as an accession source outperform all other officer pathways to include the Naval Academy. We have a ready made high quality pool of candidates that we are not maximizing. I am not saying that enlisted candidates should constitute a huge number of entrants, but in my mind it should be closer to 10% of the class.
 
USMC Crayons said:
That's a number that is not released publicly, so there is no metric to consider.

If the mission of the Naval Academy truly is to identify and graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service wouldn't a great place to look be the enlisted ranks who have proven military leadership skills and traits vs a candidate that has never served one day in the military?

I can't speak to the Navy, but it is documented in the Marine Corps that prior enlisted as an accession source outperform all other officer pathways to include the Naval Academy. We have a ready made high quality pool of candidates that we are not maximizing. I am not saying that enlisted candidates should constitute a huge number of entrants, but in my mind it should be closer to 10% of the class.
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Somehow you think I disagree.

Is there a cap that should be reconsidered? Is there not enough applicants because of some other barrier that should be removed?
 
The stats above are slightly different than the Supe's presentation on I-Day (I wonder which is correct?).

Directly from the slide during the presentation:

- Record # of applications - over 17,000 applications received
- Every state and D.C., American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands represented
- Class size: 1174 + 14 International = 1,188
 
Edmund said:
I'm guessing that class size is going to be a little smaller shortly. My detailer is shocked by the number who are wanting to DOR / head to Tango Company already. Said the chaplains have been quite busy...
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Unbelievable
 
Yes, my mid is quite shocked.

Another shocking observation my mid told me is the level of disrespect these plebes are showing to the detailers. The biggest example is some of the plebes keep intentionally calling the female detailers "Sir."

The joke's on them though as they can now start getting dropped again. Some of them are in for a rude awakening!
 
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