There are several avenues available to achieve this goal, the foremost being fully funded graduate studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif., or at selected civilian universities. Officers are selected during regular lieutenant and lieutenant commander promotion boards based on professional performance, academic background and the Navy's requirements for sub specialists. Selectees remain eligible while they remain in that grade. Approximately 1,650 officers from all services and some foreign countries attend the Naval Postgraduate School. An additional 150 naval officers per year enter civilian institutions to study such fields as naval architecture, ship construction, civil engineering, supply systems management, religion and law.
Quotas are available for all curricula.
Officers interested in graduate education should contact their detailer.