WSU's Senior Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program lets you develop skills to be an effective leader and manage time, people and resources — all while getting a college education. The program offers a wide variety scholarships that allow you to either commission into active duty or into the National Guard or Army Reserves.
A wide variety of four-, three-, and two-year Federal and Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty (GRFD) scholarships are offered from Army ROTC. These scholarships will allow you to either commission into active duty or into the National Guard/Army Reserves. Additional scholarships are available for those pursuing a National Guard commission in the state of Kansas.
The scholarship pays:
Student requirements for Army ROTC Scholarships:
Federal Scholarship recipients
Your total service obligation will be eight years (the first four years are full time active duty service). The remaining four years, you may elect to continue on active duty or enter the Inactive Ready Reserves, which is part time service.
National Guard and Army Reserves
With a scholarship, your total service obligation will be eight years. Without a scholarship, your service obligation will be six years. While serving you will attend drills one weekend per month and annual training for two weeks each summer.
Non-scholarship recipients
Your total service obligation will be eight years (the first three years are full time active duty service). The remaining five years, you may elect to continue on active duty or enter the Army Reserves, which is part time service.
You will be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. Next, you will go to the Basic Officer Leadership Course, where you will study basic Army knowledge and the functioning of an Army unit. You will go to your first assignment, which can be anywhere in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Germany or Korea. Your first assignment is determined by evaluating your college performance, ROTC standing and your preferences.
Training opportunities include:
Full-time Active Duty
Time on Active Duty | Rank | Gross Salary |
1st Year | 2nd Lieutenant |
$54,000
|
18 months | 1st Lieutenant | $68,000 |
39 months | Captain | $85,000 |
10th Year | Major | $110,118 |
16th Year | Lieutenant Colonel | $131,680 |
Part-Time after Graduation (National Guard/Army Reserves)
Time on Active Duty | Rank | Pay |
1st Year | 2nd Lieutenant |
$487.16
|
18 months | 2nd/1st Lieutenant | $507.00 |
39 months | 1st Lieutenant | $736.26 |
10th Year | Captain | $866.56 |
16th Year | Major | $1,105.55 |
20th Year | Lieutenant Colonel | $1,412.30 |
KSU - $19,600
KU - $18,700
WSU - $18,200
* Full meal plan (7-day access) Annual Tuition & Fees (2 semesters)