Naval Postgraduate School

Naval Postgraduate School
Former name	School of Marine Engineering
Motto	Praestantia Per Scientiam
Motto in English	Excellence through Knowledge
Type	Graduate school
Established	1909
Parent institution	Naval University System
Endowment	$5.08 million (2016)
Provost	James H. Newman
President	Ann E. Rondeau
Students	2,586
Location	Monterey, California, U.S.; 36°35′53″N 121°52′30″W / 36.598°N 121.875°W
Campus	627 acres (254 ha)
Website	nps.edu

NPS

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Location in the United States

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a Naval command with a graduate university mission, operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California.

The NPS mission is to provide "defense-focused graduate education, including classified studies and interdisciplinary research, to advance the operational effectiveness, technological leadership and warfighting advantage of the Naval service."^[3]

It offers master's and doctoral degrees in more than 70 fields of study to the U.S. Armed Forces, Department of Defense civilians and international partners.^[4] Established in 1909, the school also offers research fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral level through the National Academies' National Research Council research associateship program.^[5]

^ "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2016 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY2015 to FY2016" (PDF). NACUBO.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ Staff Report (10 October 2018). "College of DuPage president who took over after predecessor's firing is leaving for Navy job". Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Mission - Naval Postgraduate School". nps.edu. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
^ "About - Naval Postgraduate School". nps.edu. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^ Research Associateship Programs. Sites.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.

[1] "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2016 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY2015 to FY2016" (PDF). NACUBO.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

[ChicagoTribune-2] Staff Report (10 October 2018). "College of DuPage president who took over after predecessor's firing is leaving for Navy job". Retrieved 6 May 2021.

[3] "Mission - Naval Postgraduate School". nps.edu. Retrieved 21 March 2025.

[4] "About - Naval Postgraduate School". nps.edu. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[5] Research Associateship Programs. Sites.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.

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