Military Colleges & Schools
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Although the phrase military school
primarily refers to pre-collegiate institutions, the phrase
military academy can refer to any level
of educational institution, private or publicly funded, including
state or national government sponsorship.
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| Date |
Name of School |
| 1799 |
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England (commonly known as
Sandhurst) |
| 1802 |
United States Military Academy, West Point, NY |
| 1808 |
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (or Saint
Cyr l'Ecole; commonly known as ESM [Special Military School] or
Saint-Cyr), Coëtquidan, France (moved to Brittany from
Saint-Cyr in 1945) |
| 1812 |
Greenbrier Military School, White Sulphur Springs, WV
(closed) |
| 1819 |
Norwich University, Northfield, VT (known as the "American
Literary, Scientific and Military Academy" until 1834)
incorporating the Military College of Vermont |
| 1828 |
Jefferson College, Washington, MS (closed) |
| 1828 |
New Jersey Institution, Orange, NJ (closed) |
| 1829 |
Richland School, Rice Springs, SC (closed) |
| 1829 |
Western Literary and Scientific Institution, Buffalo, NY
(closed) |
| 1836 |
Carson Long Military Institute, PA (formerly "New Bloomfield
Academy") |
| 1839 |
Virginia Literary, Scientific and Military Academy,
Portsmouth, VA (closed) |
| 1839 |
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA |
| 1840 |
Collegiate and Commercial Institute, New Haven, CT
(closed) |
| 1840 |
The Arrow Rock Military Academy, Arrow Rock, MO (closed) |
| 1842 |
Pennsylvania Literary, Scientific and Military Academy,
Bristol, PA (closed) |
| 1842 |
The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina,
Charleston, SC |
| 1842 |
Marion Military Institute, Marion, AL |
| 1842 |
Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA (re: Virginia Women's
Institute for Leadership 1995) |
| 1844 |
Saint Louis Military Academy, St. Louis, MO (closed) |
| 1844 |
Kemper Military School and College, Boonville, MO
(closed) |
| 1845 |
Pennsylvania Military Institute, Harrisburg, PA (closed) |
| 1845 |
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD |
| 1846 |
Wilmington Literary Scientific and Military Academy,
Wilmington, DE (closed) |
| 1847 |
Mount Sterling Literary, Scientific and Military Academy, Mt.
Sterling, KY (closed) |
| 1850 |
Scientific and Military Collegiate Institute, Reading, PA
(closed) |
| 1850 |
Gymnasium and Military Institute, Pembroke, NH (closed) |
| 1852 |
Oak Ridge Military Academy, NC |
| 1853 |
National Scientific and Military Academy, Brandywine Springs,
DE (closed) |
| 1854 |
King's Mountain Military School, Yorkville, SC (closed) |
| 1859 |
North Carolina Military Institute, Charlotte, NC
(closed) |
| 1860 |
Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy,
LA |
| 1862 |
the Justin Smith Morrill Land-Grant College Act, based upon
earlier proposals by George Clinton (1783), Alden Partridge
(1841), and Jonathan B. Turner (1851), mandated military training
as a supplement to the agricultural and industrial education
authorized in state supported institutions |
| 1872 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University, Blacksburg,
VA (also known as "Virginia Tech") |
| 1873 |
North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega,
GA |
| 1874 |
State University of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler,
Throggs Neck, Bronx, NY (formerly known as "New York Maritime
College") |
| 1874 |
New York Nautical School, Long Island, NY (academic portion
becoming State University of New York [SUNY] and maritime portion
transferred to U.S. Merchant Marine Academy) |
| 1876 |
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |
| 1876 |
United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT (known as
"United States Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction"
until 1915) |
| 1879 |
Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, GA |
| 1879 |
Chamberlain-Hunt Academy, MS |
| 1879 |
Fishburne Military School, Waynesboro, VA |
| 1880 |
Wentworth Military Academy and Junior College, Lexington,
MO |
| 1883 |
LaSalle Military Academy , NY (closed) |
| 1884 |
Howe Military School, IN |
| 1884 |
Saint John's and Northwestern Military Academy, WI (formerly
separate "St. John's Military Academy" and "Northwestern Military
Academy" |
| 1885 |
Saint Thomas Academy, MN |
| 1887 |
Saint John's Military School, KS |
| 1889 |
Missouri Military Academy, MO |
| 1889 |
New York Military Academy, NY |
| 1889 |
Saint Catherine's Military School, CA |
| 1891 |
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, NM |
| 1891 |
Pennsylvania Nautical School, PA |
| 1892 |
Randolph-Macon Academy, VA |
| 1893 |
Texas Military Institute, TX |
| 1893 |
Millersburg Military Institute, KY |
| 1893 |
Massachusetts Nautical School, MA |
| 1894 |
Culver Military Academy, IN |
| 1895 |
Scotland School, Scranton, PA (for orphans of veterans) |
| 1898 |
Fork Union Military Academy, VA |
| 1898 |
Lyman Ward Military Academy, AL |
| 1899 |
Massanutten Military Academy, VA |
| 1907 |
Riverside Military Academy, GA |
| 1907 |
San Marcos Baptist Academy, TX |
| 1909 |
Hargrave Military Academy, VA |
| 1910 |
Army and Navy Academy, CA |
| 1914 |
Association of Military Colleges and Schools |
| 1916 |
Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) formed by "National
Defense Act" |
| 1917 |
Free Training Schools for Merchant Marine Officers (OCS-type
course administered by United States Shipping Board for WWI
emergency service; terminated 1921) |
| 1928 |
Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, PA |
| 1933 |
Admiral Farragut Academy, FL |
| 1933 |
Marmion Academy, IL |
| 1938 |
United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Long
Island, NY (1874 New York Nautical School and other maritime
training centers, together with 1917-1921 Free Training Schools
for Merchant Marine Officers administered by the United States
Shipping Board, coalesced into 1938 founding of Merchant Marine
Cadet Corps, graduating first class in 1942 and dedicating
Academy campus in 1943) |
| 1954 |
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO |
| 1957 |
Camden Military Academy, SC |
| 1959 |
Antilles Military Academy, PR |
| 1961 |
Florida Air Academy, FL |
| 1963 |
American Military Academy, PR |
| 1965 |
Marine Military Academy, TX |
Fictitious Military Academies
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Bunker Hill Military Academy (in movie Taps, filmed at
Valley Forge Military Academy) |
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Davidson Military Academy (in movie Damien: Omen II,
filmed at Northwestern Military Academy and St. John's Military
Academy [now merged into St. John's Northwestern Military
Academy]; Northwestern was founded by Harlan Page Davidson) |
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Kent Military School (in movie Child's Play 3, filmed
at Kemper Military School and College, Boonville, MO [closed in
2002]) |
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Rommelwood Military Academy (in "The Secret War of Lisa
Simpson" episode of The Simpsons) |
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Carolina Military Institute (from book and movie The Lords
of Discipline by Pat Conroy, based on The Citadel) |
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