Coast Guard: Cost for the Naval Academy Preparatory School and Profile of
Minority Enrollment (Letter Report, 04/12/94, GAO/RCED-94-131).

Although the Coast Guard says that the cost for sending a Coast Guard
cadet to the Naval Academy Preparatory School in the 1993-94 academic
year averaged $20,441, GAO estimates the cost at about $15,900.  GAO's
estimate includes the cadet's pay; expenses for cadet's food, clothing,
and travel; pay for three Coast Guard instructors assigned to the
school; and other miscellaneous expenses.  The Navy does not charge the
Coast Guard for the cost of tuition.  GAO's estimate is lower because
the Coast Guard did not use accurate pay rates and did not consider
student dropout rates. Overall, GAO estimates that it will cost the
Coast Guard nearly $600,000 to send 37 students to the preparatory
school during the 1993-94 academic year.  The Coast Guard's use of the
Naval Academy Preparatory School has improved the minority profile at
the Coast Guard Academy, which is the program's main purpose.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-131
     TITLE:  Coast Guard: Cost for the Naval Academy Preparatory School 
             and Profile of Minority Enrollment
      DATE:  04/12/94
   SUBJECT:  Coast Guard personnel
             Military service academies
             Cost analysis
             Minorities
             Military pay
             Labor costs
             Enlisted personnel
             Military training
             Housing allowances
             Attrition rates

             
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