USMC Frederick C. Branch (FCB)

Description

The Frederick C. Branch Leadership Scholarship is named in honor of the first African American Marine Corps Officer who was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 10
November 1945. This is a subset of the NROTC scholarship.
It is available at 17 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Requirements

  1. Be a U.S. Citizen.
  2. Be 17 years of age by 1 September of the first year of college and younger than 27 on 31 December of the year in which college graduation and commissioning are anticipated.
  3. Be a high school graduate or possess an equivalent certificate.
  4. Be physically qualified and be within height-weight standards.Personally exemplify and display the following:Character-Morally qualified and no record of military or civil offenses.
  5. A score of 74 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test(AFQT), a composite score of 22 on the American College Test (ACT) or a combined score of 1000 in Math and Evidence-Based Reading on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).Meet admission requirements of an NROTC-affiliated college or university of choice.

Curriculum


Benefits

  • Full tuition Tuskegee University (unless room and board is elected as the preferred scholarship benefit instead of tuition and fees). 
  • All mandatory fees imposed by the school on all full-time undergraduate students.
  • Stipend for textbooks
  • Provide uniforms and Naval Science textbooks
  • Three summer cruises
  • Subsistence allowances each academic month

Responsibilities

Midshipmen are responsible for learning navigation and seamanship, maintaining order and discipline, developing leadership skills, participate in community service and moral events, and take care of themselves physically and academically with the support of their peers, upperclassmen, and staff.
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