Merit Badges

Eagle Required

For a Scout to earn the Eagle Scout rank, they must earn a total of 21 merit badges, 13 of those merit badges must include the following Eagle Required merit badges. Of the 13 required merit badges, these merit badges may be earned as alternatives: Swimming or Hiking or Cycling, Environmental Science or Sustainability, Emergency Preparedness or Lifesaving. Each of these merit badges may be earned, but only one from each group may be used as an Eagle Required merit badge, the others, if earned, may count toward the elective merit badges.

Camping

Citizenship in the Community

Citizenship in the Nation

Citizenship in Society

Citizenship in the World

Communication

Cooking

Cycling

Emergency Preparedness

Environmental Science

Family Life

First Aid

Hiking

Lifesaving

Personal Fitness

Personal Management

Sustainability

Swimming

Elective Merit Badges

American Business

American Cultures

American Heritage

American Labor

Animal Science

Animation

Archaeology

Archery

Architecture

Art

Astronomy

Athletics

Automotive Maintenance

Aviation

Backpacking

Basketry

Bird Study

Bugling

Canoeing

Chemistry

Chess

Climbing

Coin Collecting

Collections

Composite Materials

Crime Prevention

Dentistry

Digital Technology

Disability Awareness

Dog Care

Drafting

Electricity

Electronics

Energy

Engineering

Entrepreneurship

Exploration

Farm Mechanics

Fingerprinting

Fire Safety

Fish & Wildlife Management

Fishing

Fly Fishing

Forestry

Game Design

Gardening

Genealogy

Geocaching

Geology

Golf

Graphic Arts

Healthcare Professions

Home Repairs

Horsemanship

Insect Study

Inventing

Journalism

Kayaking

Landscape Architecture

Law

Leatherwork

Mammal Study

Metalwork

Mining in Society

Model Design and Building

Motorboating

Moviemaking

Music

Nature

Nuclear Science

Oceanography

Orienteering

Painting

Pets

Photography

Pioneering

Plant Science

Plumbing

Pottery

Programming

Public Health

Public Speaking

Pulp and Paper

Radio

Railroading

Reading

Reptile & Amphibian Study

Rifle Shooting

Robotics

Rowing

Safety

Salesmanship

Scholarship

Scouting Heritage

Scuba Diving

Sculpture

Search & Rescue

Shotgun Shooting

Signs, Signals & Codes

Skating

Small-Boat Sailing

Snow Sports

Soil & Water Conservation

Space Exploration

Sports

Stamp Collecting

Surveying

Textile

Theater

Traffic Safety

Truck Transportation

Veterinary Medicine

Water Sports

Weather

Welding

Whitewater

Wilderness Survival

Wood Carving

Woodwork