Undergraduate Academics

ROTC

Develop leadership skills while you train to serve your nation as a commissioned officer in the Army. By participating in the KU partnership ROTC program at MNU, you'll pursue an academic degree while taking ROTC class electives.

If accepted, ROTC can pay for your college tuition. These scholarships cover 100% of your tuition and fees and come with $1200 per year for books as well as $500 a month for living expenses.

Students can participate during freshman and sophomore years without an obligation to join the Army upon graduation. Continuing with ROTC through your junior and senior years carries an 8-year commitment to the U.S. Army or Air Force. Once you graduate, you will be commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army or Air Force.

ROTC also offers scholarships for qualified nursing students who seek to become a nurse. Students receiving these scholarships are guaranteed a job as an Army or Air Force nurse in a military hospital upon graduation and commissioning. Scholarships also include a stethoscope and all class expenses directly related to nursing.

Service Commitment

Army ROTC students who receive an Army ROTC scholarship or enter the Army ROTC Advanced Course incur an eight-year period of service with the Army.

• You can serve full time in the Army for three years (four years for scholarship winners), with the balance in the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR).
• Selected Cadets may choose to serve part time in the U.S. Army Reserve or Army National Guard while pursuing a civilian career.

Enrolling in the Army ROTC Basic Course does NOT involve a commitment of service to the Army unless you have received an Army ROTC scholarship.

All scholarship students will incur an eight-year service obligation. This obligation may be fulfilled by serving four years on Active Duty, followed by four years service in the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR).

NON-SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

Non-scholarship graduates may serve three years on Active Duty and five years in the Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR).