Curriculum
West Point is a medium-sized, highly residential baccalaureate college, with a full-time, four-year undergraduate program that emphasizes instruction in the arts, sciences, and professions with no graduate program. There are 45 academic majors and the most popular majors are in foreign languages, management information systems, history, economics, and mechanical engineering. West Point is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Military officers compose 75% of the faculty, while civilian professors make up the remaining 25% of faculty positions.
A cadet's class rank, which determines his or her army branch and assignment upon graduation, is calculated as a combination of academic performance (55%), military leadership performance (30%), and physical fitness and athletic performance (15%). The 2008 Forbes magazine report on America's Best Colleges ranks West Point No. 4 nationally and No. 1 among public institutions. The 2008 National Liberal Arts College category in U.S. News & World Report ranks West Point No. 14 among liberal arts colleges, and No. 1 among public institutions. In 2009, West Point was named the best college in America by Forbes Magazine.
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