Military junior college

This article is about United States Military Junior Colleges. For a U.S. Army ROTC program that is offered by the MJC, see Early Commissioning Program. For the Canadian military junior college, see Royal Military College Saint-Jean. For the one in Britain, see Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College. For high schools, see military high school.

A military junior college (MJC) is a military-style junior college in the United States. Six have been founded since 1842; four remain. These schools comprise one of the three major categories of Army ROTC schools^[1][2] whose graduates may immediately become commissioned officers in the U.S. Army. MJC graduates can earn a commission in two years, instead of the usual four, through the Early Commissioning Program (ECP). The schools also offer one-year programs that enable qualified students to earn an appointment to the U.S. service academies.^[3][4][5]

Schools

Four institutions are considered military junior colleges:

• Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, Georgia, founded in 1879, includes a liberal arts junior college, a high school, and a middle school.
• Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama, founded in 1842, is the state military college of Alabama and nation's oldest military junior college.
• New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico, founded in 1891, is a four-year high school and a two-year junior college.
• Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1928, offers a co-ed two-year junior college program, as well as a military boarding school for young men grades seven through twelve. It is the only private military junior college.

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  Georgia Military College
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  Marion Military Institute
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  New Mexico Military Institute
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  Valley Forge Military Academy and College

Defunct MJCs

• Kemper Military School, Boonville, Missouri, founded in 1844, filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2002.
• Wentworth Military Academy and College, Lexington, Missouri, founded in 1880, closed in 2017 due to financial difficulties.