Marine Military Colleges

Marine Corps University

• Marine Corps University is located in Virginia and is the official university of the Marine Corps. This university trains marines in the skills they need during active duty. The University is structured into 10 colleges, each specified within a tactical or military program. The colleges include the Marine Corps Wars College, the School of Advanced Warfighting, the Command and Staff College, the Expeditionary Warfare School, the Enlisted Professional Military Education program, and the School of MAGTF Logistics. The central research facility on the campus is the Alfred Gray Research Center. Most courses, seminars, conferences, and speaker series are held within the conference center. Academic departments and offices are also found in this building. The University is also located near the Marine Corps Museum, which is a museum that documents the history of the Marine Corps.

  Marine Corps University

  2076 South Street

  Quantico, VA 22134

  703-784-6836

  mcu.usmc.mil/default.aspx

US Merchant Marine Academy

• The United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five academies that offers undergraduate programs for students entering the armed services. The Academy is focused on training military personnel for the Merchant Marines, a subsection of marines that protect US interests across the world's oceans. The men and women who continue on to become Merchant Marines patrol and protect US commercial vessels during transportation.

  US Merchant Marine Academy

  300 Steamboat Road

  Kings Point, NY 11024

  516-773-5391

  usmma.edu/default.asp

The Citadel

• The Citadel is a military university in South Carolina. The marine corps platoon that is housed at the Citadel is the Citadel Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program, or MECEP Platoon. The Marines in this program are not part of South Carolina's Corps of Cadets. Instead, they are US Marines who wish to enter into the academic programs at the Citadel. They must have 12 credits per semester to be full time students and are given 50 percent off the Citadel's tuition.

  The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina

  171 Moultrie Street

  Charleston, SC 29409

  843-225-3294

  citadel.edu/main/