Highly Desired Majors

Air Force ROTC offers scholarships to eligible students who intend to or are currently enrolled in the Air Force ROTC program while a full-time student pursuing a bachelor’s degree. While there are no specific academic major requirements, scholarships are merit-based, therefore students pursuing a technical major may receive priority in the selection process.

Technical Majors

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Aeronautical Engineering, Other
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering, Other
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Engineering, Other
  • Architectural Engineering
  • Architectural Engineering, Other
  • Architecture
  • Astronautical Engineering
  • Astronomy
  • Astro-Phys-Astrophysics
  • Astro-Phys-Other
  • Bio, Biochemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioenvironmental Engineering
  • Biological Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Ceramic Engineering, Other
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering, Other
  • Chemistry
  • Chemistry, Other
  • Civil Engineering
  • Civil Engineering, Other
  • Computer Engineering
  • Computer Engineering, Artificial Intel.
  • Computer Engineering, Database Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Cyber Ops
  • Earth Sciences Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Elec/Engineering Other
  • Embedded Software
  • Engineering Science, Fluid Mechanics
  • Engineering
  • Engineering General
  • Engineering Physics
  • Engineering Sciences
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geological Engineering
  • Geophysical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering, Other
  • Information Assurance
  • Mat Science & Engineering
  • Metallurgical
  • Metallurgical Engineering, Other
  • Mining/Petroleum Engineering
  • Meteorology/Atmospheric Sciences
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Operations Research
  • Physical Meteorology
  • Physics
  • Physics, Other
  • Safety Engineering
  • Signal Processing
  • Software Design Systems
  • Software Engineering
  • Space Physics Engineering
  • Space Systems Engineering
  • Statistics
  • Structural Engineering
  • Synoptic Meteorology
  • Systems Engineering
  • Textile Engineering

Foreign Language Majors

  • Arabic  (Modern Standard)
  • Chinese Mandarin
  • French
  • Japanese
  • Persian Farsi
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • IMPORTANT: 

    All technical programs MUST be a Bachelor of Science. Also any with Other listed above falls under the subheading of that major.

  • All Other Majors

    You can apply for scholarships in all other majors, however, scholarship applicants selecting technical and foreign language majors may receive priority.

  • Colleges & Your Majors

    Air Force ROTC is offered at over 1,100 colleges and universities in the continental United States, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. If you are applying for a scholarship as a high school student, you must be accepted to the program and academic major that you indicate on your scholarship application.

  • PREMED, NURSING & OTHER MEDICAL-RELATED MAJORS

    If you are applying for one of these majors, you will compete for a nontechnical scholarship. If you receive and activate a scholarship in one of these majors, you are not guaranteed that specialty upon commissioning. You will be required to compete on the designation boards to receive designation in that specialty. The designation guarantees you will enter that specialty upon commissioning. If you are not selected on one of these boards, you will retain your scholarship, but you will be commissioned into the Air Force or Space Force as a line officer and placed into a specialty based on the needs of the two branches.

  • OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

    Since the Air Force and Space Force place great value on language skills, they have identified certain colleges and institutions that have outstanding foreign language programs (such as study abroad or activities that lead to greater levels of proficiency). Visit The Language Flagship site or the Project Go site to learn more.

Learn About the Scholarship Application Process

Application Process