Scholarship Benefits

•      Tuition/fees: full tuition and fees

•   Books:  $900 per year

•     Additional reimbursement for required nursing uniforms, equipment, and testing fees

•     Monthly tax-free stipend during the school year. ($300/month as a freshman, $350/month as a sophomore, $450/month as a junior, $500/month as a senior)

•     University incentives:  UMaine offers a $2500.00 annual grant to 4-Year ROTC scholarship winners.  You must be accepted to UMaine and been awarded the scholarship prior to 1 April of your high school senior year.  You also must be in the top 20% of your high school class and scored above a 1100 on your SAT (score of 24 on ACT).  A few nurse scholarship winners are also awarded a room scholarship that can be used throughout their college years.

Scholarship Eligibility

•       United States Citizenship

•     High School Graduate with a minimum GPA of 2.5 (Nursing: recommend >3.0 to be competitive)

•     Minimum SAT of 920 or ACT of 19 (Nursing: recommend SAT>1200 or    ACT>25 to be competitive)

•      Physically fit and medically qualified

•      No older than 31 by the 31^st of December of the year you commission/graduate.

•      Good moral character

•      ROTC is looking for Scholars, Athletes, and Leaders!

What happens after Graduation?

You will be commissioned as a 2^nd Lieutenant in the United States Army.  Your first assignment, which is determined by evaluating your college performance, ROTC standing, and your preferences, can be one of over 25 hospitals in the continental United States , Alaska , Hawaii , Germany or Korea . Before you go to your first assignment, you will attend the Officer Basic Course (12 weeks) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Once you have been working as an Army Nurse for at least one year, you are eligible to attend one of the clinical specialty courses of your choice.  Currently, the course choices are:  Preoperative Nursing; Critical Care Nursing; Emergency Nursing, Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing; Community Health Nursing and Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. You also have the opportunity, as a member of the Army Nurse Corps, to apply for fully funded Masters Degree programs, such as Family Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Midwife, Anesthesia Nursing, MSN/Clinical Nurse Specialist, and the Baylor Health Care Administration Program.

**For more information on the Army ROTC Nursing Program please click here!

** To apply for an Army ROTC Nursing Scholarship please click here!