Taking the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) is your first step toward a career in the military. The ASVAB tests your knowledge of basic concepts and skills and determines which branch and rank in the military for which you are eligible.

Navy ASVAB Required Score

You will receive standard Navy ASVAB scores for each of the subtests, an AFQT score, and composite scores. The minimum overall score for high school seniors or graduates to qualify for the Navy is a 31, although 26 is permitted in same cases; GED holders must score a 50 AFQT.

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The Navy does not use line scores. To determine job qualification, they use direct ASVAB subtest standard scores. This means if a job requires a General Science (GS), Auto & Shop (AS) and Mathematics Knowledge (MK) score of 80, the total of your scores on each of these subtests from the ASVAB would have to be 80 or above. To enlist in the U.S. Navy, you must have a minimum ASVAB AFQT Score of 35.

Each job in the Navy uses ratings known as a Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC); each NEC has different ASVAB score requirements.