Merit Badges

The following are all the Merit Badges currently offered by the Boy Scouts of America. Merit badges shown in bold italics are Eagle-required merit badges.

  1. American Business
  2. American Cultures
  3. American Heritage
  4. American Labor
  5. Animal Science
  6. Archaeology
  7. Archery
  8. Architecture
  9. Art
  10. Astronomy
  11. Athletics
  12. Automotive Maintenance
  13. Aviation
  14. Backpacking
  15. Basketry
  16. Bird Study
  17. Bugling
  18. Camping
  19. Canoeing
  20. Chemistry
  21. Chess
  22. Cinematography
  23. Citizenship in the Community
  24. Citizenship in the Nation
  25. Citizenship in the World
  26. Climbing
  27. Coin Collecting
  28. Collections
  29. Communications
  30. Composite Materials
  31. Computers
  32. Cooking
  33. Crime Prevention
  34. Cycling
  35. Dentistry
  36. Disabilities Awareness
  37. Dog Care
  38. Drafting
  39. Electricity
  40. Electronics
  41. Emergency Preparedness
  42. Energy
  43. Engineering
  44. Entrepreneurship
  45. Environmental Science
  46. Family Life
  47. Farm Mechanics
  48. Fingerprinting
  49. Fire Safety
  50. First Aid
  51. Fish and Wildlife Management
  52. Fishing
  53. Fly Fishing
  54. Forestry
  55. Gardening
  56. Genealogy
  57. Geocaching
  58. Geology
  59. Golf
  60. Graphic Arts
  61. Hiking
  62. Home Repairs
  63. Horsemanship
  64. Indian Lore
  65. Insect Study
  66. Inventing
  67. Journalism
  68. Kayaking
  69. Landscape Architecture
  70. Law
  71. Leatherwork
  72. Lifesaving
  73. Mammal Study
  74. Medicine
  75. Metalwork
  76. Model Design and Building
  77. Motorboating
  78. Music
  79. Nature
  80. Nuclear Science
  81. Oceanography
  82. Orienteering
  83. Painting
  84. Personal Fitness
  85. Personal Management
  86. Pets
  87. Photography
  88. Pioneering
  89. Plant Science
  90. Plumbing
  91. Pottery
  92. Public Health
  93. Public Speaking
  94. Pulp and Paper
  95. Radio
  96. Railroading
  97. Reading
  98. Reptile and Amphibian Study
  99. Rifle Shooting
  100. Robotics
  101. Rowing
  102. Safety
  103. Salesmanship
  104. Scouting Heritage
  105. Scholarship
  106. Scuba Diving
  107. Sculpture
  108. Search & Rescue
  109. Shotgun Shooting
  110. Skating
  111. Small-Boat Sailing
  112. Snow Sports
  113. Soil and Water Conservation
  114. Space Exploration
  115. Sports
  116. Stamp Collecting
  117. Surveying
  118. Swimming
  119. Textile
  120. Theater
  121. Traffic Safety
  122. Truck Transportation
  123. Veterinary Medicine
  124. Water Sports
  125. Weather
  126. Welding
  127. Whitewater
  128. Wilderness Survival
  129. Wood Carving
  130. Woodwork