About Marion Military Institute
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Marion Military Institute, the Military College of Alabama, commonly referred as MMI, sometimes Marion Institute, Marion Military, or simply Marion, founded in 1842, is a state-supported educational institution located in Marion, Alabama. It is the official state military college and the nation's oldest military junior college. Known as the "American Eton", MMI was ranked as the top military junior college and also ranked as the 12th in Nation's best community college by CNN Money. In a recent report by the U.S. Department of Education, Marion Military Institute tops all of the other Alabama Community Colleges, Troy, and UWA by having the highest alumni salary among these schools.