COLLEGE STUDENT PRE-COMMISSIONING INITIATIVE
Imagine having your college junior and senior years fully funded. Now imagine getting a salary while you complete your college degree.
That's what the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) program offers college sophomores and juniors. Better yet, CSPI provides students with valuable leadership, management, law enforcement, navigation and marine science skills and training. It also provides full payment of school tuition, fees, textbooks, salary, medical insurance, and other benefits during a student's junior and senior year of college. The CSPI program's goal is to train future officers for success and prepare them for the rigors of Officer Candidate School (OCS).
Each student is expected to complete his/her degree and all Coast Guard training requirements within 24 months after acceptance into the program. Following successful completion of OCS, the students will be commissioned as Coast Guard officers, committed to 3 years of active duty service.
Benefits:
- May pay up to two academic years of college tuition
- Required textbook costs
- Required fees paid for up to two academic years
- Monthly salary of approximately $2,200
- Medical and Life Insurance
- 30 days paid vacation per year
- Leadership training
Application Eligibility Requirements:
- Score a 1100 or greater on the SAT I (taken between 1 Apr 95 through 31 Mar 05), 1100 or greater combined score on the SAT (taken after 31 Mar 05 and the score consists of adding the critical reading (verbal) and math sections), or a composite score of 23 or greater on the ACT, or a 4 AQR/4PFAR on the ASTB, or ASVAB GT score of 109 or higher (110 prior to 1 Jul 04.) GT consists of combining the VE and AR scores.
- Be between 19 and 27 (applicants must have reached their 19th birthday, but not their 28th birthday as of 30 September of the fiscal year in which the panel convenes)
- Must be a sophomore or junior undergraduate student enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a bachelor degree program at an accredited college or university designated as:
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) click here for accredited universities
- Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) click here for accredited universities
- Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU) click here for accredited universities
- Colleges and Universities located in Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Meet all physical requirements for a Coast Guard commission
- Have no more than 2 dependents
- Maintain a GPA of 2.5 or better on a 4.0 scale
- Must be a U.S. citizen
Your college or university not eligible for CSPI? You may be eligible for some of the Coast Guard's other commissioning programs, including Officer Candidate School. Talk to your recruiter or check out all of the Officer Programs.
