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The NPS Admissions office evaluates applicants based on three criteria. The result is the assignment of an Academic Profile Codes (APC). This is a three-digit code, which summarizes pertinent portions of an officer's prior college performance. The three independent digits reflect an individual's cumulative grade-point average (Quality Point Rating), exposure to and performance in calculus-related mathematics courses and exposure to and performance in selected science/engineering areas.
First Digit: The first digit indicates overall academic performance based on a recalculated* GPA from all previous college transcripts. The first digit is derived from the following table:
Code QPR Range
0 3.60 - 4.00
1 3.20 - 3.59
2 2.60 - 3.19
3 2.20 - 2.59
4 1.90 - 2.19
5 0.00 - 1.89
(*Failures and repeated courses are included in the QPR calculation.)
Second Digit: The second digit represents mathematical background according to the following criterion:
Code Meaning
0 Significant post-calculus math with B or better average (Math Major or strong Math Minor)
1 Calculus sequence completed with B+ or better average
2 Calculus sequence completed with average between C+ and B
3 At least one calculus course with C or better
4 Two or more pre-calculus courses with B or better average
5 At least one pre-calculus with C or better grade
6 No college level calculus or pre-calculus math with a grade of C or better
All math courses from calculus though post-calculus are considered when evaluating the transcripts for the second digit. A minimum calculus sequence is Calculus I and II.
Third
Digit:
The third digit represents previous course
coverage in selected science and technical
fields according to the following criteria:
Code Meaning
0 Significant pertinent upper-division technical courses with B+ or better
1 Significant pertinent upper-division technical courses average between C+ and B
2 Complete calculus-based physics sequence with B+ or better average
3 Complete calculus-based physics sequence with Average between C+ and B
4 At least one calculus-based physics course with C or better grade
5 No pertinent technical courses
A first digit code of 0, 1, 2, or 3 (as appropriate) will be assigned only if transcripts provided exhibit at least 100 semester-hours or 150 quarter-hours of actual graded classroom instruction. Grades of Pass/Fail, Credit/No Credit will not count toward the 100/150 hour requirement.
A technical code of 1 or 0 ordinarily is assigned only to an officer whose undergraduate major was Physics, Aeronautical, Electrical, Mechanical or Naval Engineering, or whose undergraduate technical major is consistent with the officer's designated occupational specialty. General Engineering degrees and Engineering Technology degrees are specifically excluded from this list of engineering degrees.
Example
An APC of 221 indicates a total grade point average for all college courses in the interval 2.60-3.19, a complete sequence in calculus with an average between C+ and B and a major in physics or pertinent engineering area with upper-division courses with an average between C+ or B.
Threshold
Each curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate
School has a specified threshold APC for admission.
A list of these is given in the NPS Curricula
Summary section. Officers with deficient APCs
may qualify for entry into these curricula
by completing suitable courses at any regionally
accredited civilian college. Official transcripts
(not grade reports) of work done at civilian
schools must be forwarded to the Director
of Admissions, Code 01C3, Naval Postgraduate
School, 1 University Circle, Room 022, Monterey,
CA 93943-5100, to effect an APC change. The
grades in all courses completed will be used
to revise an officer's APC.
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