Kentucky State University, in cooperation with the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (Air Force ROTC) detachment at the University of Kentucky, offers a two-, three-, or four-year Air Force ROTC program. These programs allow qualified students an opportunity to earn commissions as officers in active duty in the U.S. Air Force while completing the requirement for a degree in their chosen field. The Air Force ROTC courses are offered on the campus of the University of Kentucky.

Students will enroll into the Air Force ROTC courses at KSU but complete course work at the University of Kentucky (UK). There are scholarship opportunities available to qualified students. Three- and four-year scholarships are available. All four-year scholarships activate in the fall of the first year. All three-year scholarships activate in the fall of your sophomore year. The only three-year type of scholarship offered is Type 2. All three-year scholarship designees must complete AFROTC training during their freshman year in order to retain eligibility to activate their scholarships at the start of their sophomore year.

There are three different types of scholarships, and the application process is the same for all of them.

Pays full college tuition, most fees and a book allowance. Approximately five percent of our four-year scholarships are Type 1—mostly in technical fields as deemed needed by the Air Force (careers with a scientific basis such as engineering, chemistry and meteorology).

Pays college tuition and most fees up to $18,000 and a book allowance. Approximately 15 percent of our four-year scholarship winners will be offered a Type 2 scholarship (again, mostly in technical fields). If a student attends an institution where the tuition exceeds $18,000 per year, then he/she pays the difference.

Pays college tuition up to the equivalent of a public school's in-state rate and a book allowance. If a student receives a Type 3 offer but wishes to attend a college/university where they do not qualify under the guidelines, the student can convert the four-year Type 3 scholarship to a three-year Type 2 scholarship. A student cannot activate a Type 3 scholarship at a non-qualifying school and pay the difference.

Upon graduation from KSU and completion of either the two, three, or four-year Air Force ROTC program, students are commissioned as active-duty second lieutenants in the United States Air Force.

Interested students should contact the Office of Military Student Services at 502-597-6795.

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