Military junior college

This article is about United States military junior colleges. 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 that allows cadets to become commissioned officers in the U.S. Army reserve in two years, instead of the usual four, through the Early Commissioning Program. The students must still go on to complete a bachelor's degree before serving as regular officers on active duty. Begun in 1966, the Early Commissioning Program (ECP) plays a major role in officer production. The program is a major financial incentive for students who receive their commissions early and serve as officers while still attending college and gaining service time for promotions and retirement.

Colleges

There are five Military Junior Colleges in the United States:

Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Missouri. Wentworth Military Academy and College, founded in 1880, is a military junior college and private four-year college preparatory high school in Lexington, Missouri. Wentworth is the oldest military academy west of the Mississippi River, and the campus is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, Pennsylvania. Valley Forge Military Academy, founded in 1928, is a boarding school for young men grades seven through twelve, and additionally offers a coeducational two-year junior college under Valley Forge Military College.
Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama. Marion Military Institute is the state military college of Alabama; it was founded in 1842 as Howard English and Classical School by the Alabama Baptist Convention. In 1887, when Howard College's operations (now Samford University) were moved to Birmingham, local leaders and school faculty reorganized the school as Marion Military Institute.
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico. Founded in 1891 by Col. Robert S. Goss as the Goss Military Institute and inspired by Virginia Military Institute, NMMI includes a four-year high school and a two-year junior college.^[1]
Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, Georgia. Georgia Military College, founded in 1879, includes a liberal arts junior college, a high school, and a middle school.

Former MJC

Kemper Military School, Boonville, Missouri, founded in 1844, filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2002

References

↑ Marion Military Institute

United States service academies and military colleges

Military academy (United States)

Federal

Undergraduate	Military Academy (West Point) Naval Academy (Annapolis) Air Force Academy Coast Guard Academy Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point)

Post-graduate	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Staff colleges	Defense Language Institute Joint Forces Staff College Army Command and General Staff College Army War College Army Warrant Officer Career College Marine Corps University Marine Corps War College National Defense University Naval Postgraduate School Naval War College School of Advanced Military Studies Air Command and Staff College Air Force Institute of Technology Air University Air War College Community College of the Air Force

Preparatory	Military Academy Preparatory School Naval Academy Preparatory School Air Force Academy Preparatory School

Senior military colleges

Public	The Citadel University of North Georgia Texas A&M University Virginia Military Institute Virginia Tech

Private	Norwich University

Military junior colleges

Public	Georgia Military College Marion Military Institute New Mexico Military Institute

Private	Valley Forge Military Academy Wentworth Military Academy

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