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NROTC and Masters programs
- Thread starter jlil41
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Thisguy
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In short, no. The idea of NROTC is to get your degree while going through officer training. There's no benefit to the Navy to have a program that pays for your masters then commissions you upon completion since you need a bachelors to pursue a masters, and the bachelors degree makes you eligible for a commission.
The only exception I've seen to this is some combined 5-yr bachelor's/master's programs. The guy goes off scholarship for a year, then finishes both degrees simultaneously. That's a weird one, though--the exception that proves the rule.
The Navy/MC don't require master's degrees, only bachelor's, so there's no reason for them to pay for higher degrees, except for special cases, like doctors, dentists, etc. Again, the exceptions that prove the rule.
The Navy/MC don't require master's degrees, only bachelor's, so there's no reason for them to pay for higher degrees, except for special cases, like doctors, dentists, etc. Again, the exceptions that prove the rule.
Here are a few other programs:
Officer Scholarship Program - up to 2 years to get your masters after completing NROTC / undergrad degree; commissioned as an ENS and paid full pay / benefits; must prove that half of your tuition and expenses is covered by scholarship(s).
IGEP - yearlong program, typically at an advanced service academy; most of the folks I knew went to AFIT between commissioning and flight school; commissioned as an ENS and paid full pay / benefits.
Graduate Leave of Absence - up to 18 months to get your masters; go on special leave of absence from NROTC following completion of your undergrad; still stay a MIDN 1/C so no pay or benefits.
Availability and eligibility are highly volatile and based on open slots at advanced service academies, how jammed up pipelines are, etc.
I did the first program, and it was an absolutely great deal. Feel free to PM for more info.
Officer Scholarship Program - up to 2 years to get your masters after completing NROTC / undergrad degree; commissioned as an ENS and paid full pay / benefits; must prove that half of your tuition and expenses is covered by scholarship(s).
IGEP - yearlong program, typically at an advanced service academy; most of the folks I knew went to AFIT between commissioning and flight school; commissioned as an ENS and paid full pay / benefits.
Graduate Leave of Absence - up to 18 months to get your masters; go on special leave of absence from NROTC following completion of your undergrad; still stay a MIDN 1/C so no pay or benefits.
Availability and eligibility are highly volatile and based on open slots at advanced service academies, how jammed up pipelines are, etc.
I did the first program, and it was an absolutely great deal. Feel free to PM for more info.
A bit of a thread hijack here, but what are the options for people who are already commisioned to get their masters? More specifically pilots. Would this be done during your shore tour?
1) I've heard of guys that have gotten commissioned, then at some point had some idle time wherein the Navy let them get a Master's (this is a bit dim in my memory, as it was a good ten or so years ago, so the details are sketchy)
2) NPS at some point
3) NROTC shore tour, get Master's while instructing
4) Naval War College/Army Staff College/AF Staff College
5) Get Master's on own time, during shore tour using TA
6) Probably some other program(s) out there that I don't know about.
This is typical Line Officer stuff, not Med/Law, etc.
2) NPS at some point
3) NROTC shore tour, get Master's while instructing
4) Naval War College/Army Staff College/AF Staff College
5) Get Master's on own time, during shore tour using TA
6) Probably some other program(s) out there that I don't know about.
This is typical Line Officer stuff, not Med/Law, etc.
There are a couple of other programs out there, like the MIT/Woods Hole slots, Olmsted, and of course, if you get accepted for a Rhodes or Marshall scholarship the Navy will find a a way to let you go do it.
Some schools/designators have programs for grad ed. EDO's and CEC both come to mind as communities that get a lot of O's opportunities for grad ed. TPS has the "get an MS at AFIT before you come" program.
They're out there. And NKO has info for most of the programs.
The Army does it, at least at my school.
I didn't find the question or the answer particularly surprising.
I was reading where you could join ROTC with the 2 year program, and some info said master's program if they are 2 or more years in length. I was talking to a NROTC from Georgia Teach and he even said that some schools offer that just not their school. That is why I asked the question, and being that the Army offers the ROTC master's program it as well.
starlitcypress
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I'm interested in the Officer Scholarship Program. Where can I go to get more information on it? Anything will help.
Here's the source document: http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives... Training and Education Services/1520.24C.pdf