Graduate Students

If you are a graduate student, you are still eligible to participate in ROTC.

Most graduate programs are two years in length. You’re encouraged to contact the Recruiting Operations Officer as soon as you have been accepted to a graduate program or are exploring the possibility of applying.

Graduate students must begin the process with ROTC sooner rather than later in order to be eligible to complete the ROTC program. It’s recommended that graduate students begin the ROTC application the spring or early summer prior to their first year. Graduate students typically must start their graduate program in the fall semester in order to align properly with the advanced course of ROTC.

To begin the application process, complete this webform to schedulie a time to speak with the Recruiting Operations Officer.

ROTC Scholarship Contracted Cadets Receive:

1. 100% Tuition OR $5,000 Room & Board per semester
2. $1200 Annual Book Stipend
3. Tax Free Monthly Stipend at $420
4. University provided Room & Board scholarship (worth up to $2382 for room and $1813 for meals)

ROTC Non-Scholarship SMP (National Guard/Reserve) Contracted Cadets Receive

1. 100% State Tuition Assistance (National Guard) OR Federal Tuition Assistance (Reserve) 
2. Tax Free Monthly Stipend ranging from $420
3. Receive E-5 Drill Pay ($350 2-Day Drill Weekend)
4. Eligible for SMP Kicker ($350 monthly)
5. Eligible for Room & Board Colonel's Scholarship  (worth up to $2382 for room and $1813 for meals)

ROTC Non-Scholarship Contracted Cadets Receive:

1. Tax Free Monthly Stipend ranging from $420
2. Eligible for Room & Board Colonel's Scholarship  (worth up to $2382 for room and $1813 for meals)

**Keep in Mind Students Must Meet Eligibility Criteria in Order to Contract in EKU's Army ROTC program** 

To contract and receive Army ROTC financial opportunities, students must meet these requirements:

1. Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 (Scholarship) OR 2.0 (Non-Scholarship)
2. ACT/SAT For Scholarship Application (*Minimum Scores Are No Longer Required) *No ACT/SAT required for Non-Scholarship options*
3. Be medically qualified (Department of Defense Medical Evaluation Review Board; DODMERB)
4. Able to pass the Army Combat Fitness Test with 60 points in each event 
5. Meet US Army height and weight standards
6. Have no civil convictions
7. Be approved by the Professor of Military Science
8. Have at least 2-years of college remaining or 3-Years at most.
9. U.S. Citizen/Permanent Resident