Marion Military Institute, a two-year public institution, educates and trains the Corps of Cadets in order that each graduate is prepared for success at four-year institutions, including the service academies, with emphasis on providing intellectual, moral-ethical, physical-athletic, and leadership development experiences in a military environment. Students from all over the nation attend MMI to establish a strong foundation for future study, and to take advantage of its military training programs. MMI dates back to 1842 and is one of only five Military Junior Colleges in the United States, which offer unique military training programs. Our foundation is built upon a top-notch and robust academic program that contributes significantly to our high success rate for cadet acceptance and transfer to four-year universities, including our nearly 83% acceptance rate for those qualified cadets seeking appointments to each of the service academies. But there is much more at MMI that contributes to this success... ...cadets will find themselves bound to the large Corps of Cadets, and through this they attain a basic sense of duty, teamwork, and service for the greater good. Cadets learn to understand the very ideals MMI’s motto upholds: Truth, Honor, Service. The MMI experience is one that will define each cadet forever.