The United States Coast Guard Recruiting Initiative for the Twenty-First Century (CGRIT) Program is available to outstanding minority high school students, male and female, to enter college, then leading to commissions as officers in the U.S. Coast Guard. Eligible students are provided with one year of funding for their education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) after which the students enter the U.S. Coast Guard Academy with full payment.

 

ELIGIBILITY

Students recruited through this initiative may enter the United States Coast Guard Academy by one of the following methods:

1. Transferring from an Historically Black College or University (HBCU) to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) upon meeting competitive entrance standards;
   
2. Admission from a participating high school into the USCGA upon meeting competitive entrance standards; and
   
3. Meeting scholastic requirements with a minimum combined Math-Verbal SAT 1 score of 1050 or a minimum combined score of 45 on the Math and English portions of the ACT.
   
   

APPLICATION

The deadline for receipt of applications for direct admission to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is December 15. The deadline for admission to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy via an Historically Black College or University (HBCU) is March 15.