There are nineteen federal academies run by the United States federal government.

Five are United States service academies:

• United States Military Academy, also known as "West Point" and "Army", founded 1802
• United States Naval Academy, also known as "Annapolis" and "Navy", founded 1845
• United States Air Force Academy, founded 1954
• United States Coast Guard Academy, founded 1876
• United States Merchant Marine Academy, also known as "Kings Point", founded 1942

Nine other academies can be loosely classified as a military academy, most of which are graduate schools:

• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, founded 1972
• The National Defense University, also known as "NDU", founded 1976
• The National Intelligence University, also known as "NIU", established 1962
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Air War College
• Marine Corps University
• Naval Postgraduate School
• Naval War College
• United States Army Command and General Staff College
• United States Army War College

There are five federal non-military academies:

• The Foreign Service Institute, founded 1947
• The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, founded 1970
• United States National Mine Health and Safety Academy, founded 1971
• The FBI Academy, founded 1972
• The National Fire Academy, also known as "NFA", founded in 1976

• List of defunct United States military academies

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