The
United States Army War College (
USAWC) is a
United States Army institution in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500-acre (2 km²) campus of the historic
Carlisle Barracks. It provides graduate-level instruction to senior military officers and civilians to prepare them for senior leadership assignments and responsibilities. Each year, a number of Army
colonels and
lieutenant colonels are considered by a board for admission. Approximately 800 students attend at any one time, half in a two-year-long
distance learning program, and the other half in an on-campus, full-time resident program lasting ten months. Upon completion, the college grants its graduates a
master's degree in Strategic Studies.