<p>Do you know how many midshipman per class & what the apprx. acceptance rate is?</p>
<p>Typically the Plebe class numbers between 260 and 300 with 270 being about average. The average size of the student body hovers somewhere between 930 and 950. It is considered to be a very difficult school to get into with an acceptance rate of about 18%.</p>
<p>There were 291 student that came to Indoc last week. Kings Point is a hidden gem. Check out the waterfront blog.</p>
<p>You should also be concerned about graduation rate…</p>
<p>The class of 2009 began with 285 midshipmen and graduated around 170 of the original class in four years.</p>
<p>Anyone know where to get these statistics? I’d be interested in where their first job is. I’d also be interested in the declining class totals as to how many are dropped on request or asked to leave and for what reasons. Just curious</p>
<p>I doubt that specific numbers would be available due to privacy issues. However, it is well known that the greatest number of setbacks and disenrollments are due to academics. It is not unusual for 25% of the plebes to be gone by the end of the year.</p>
<p>Echoing and amplyfying everything here - I’m a 1982 grad, son in Class of 2012 and an admissions field rep for just under 20 years. Here’s my adds:</p>
<p>The authroized Class size is up and is approximately 300, however so are applications so if anything the admissions rate is now less than the 18% cited above and things are more competative than ever.
Class of 2012 (entered July 2009) - 309 appointments, ~305 reported.
Class of 2013 had 291 report.</p>
<p>Graduation rate has always been around the 60% cited by K314sig09 as far as I understand it though I haven’t verified that by looking at the empirical data. The anecdotal tidbit, back in 1979 when I went through “indoc” and they weren’t above trying to scare you to take things seriously, the Commissioned and Midshipman Regimental Officers would line us all up and say “look to your right and look to left” there is a 90+% chance that either you or at least one of the two people you just looked at won’t make it through these next four years. In the case of our class, they were right.</p>
<p>chiefnerdnc and KPMarineopsdad - there are statistics and they are at least published to the Congressional Visitors Board on post graduation employment. As for compiled data on reasons for disenrollement, I’d be surprised if it too in some aliased form isn’t available but to some degree what’s it matter? Given that we’re not talking about BUD/S training here and we are still talking about great kids with a future ahead of them, the data and line between DOR and disenrolled for academics, and repeated minor disciplinary reasons are likely to be pretty meaningless. In many, many cases I’d be surprised that a midshipman isn’t given the option of resigning (DOR) vice being disenrolled involuntarily so there will be no chance of any stigma being on the college records.</p>
<p>Finally offhand I’m not sure where you’d call to get the data for initial post graduate employment. Anecdotally, ~60 members of the Class of 2009 opted to go Active Duty Military on graduation and my understanding is that is up from the ~15% who usually do so. Initial post graduate employment options are limited by an Midshipman’s Service Obligation for “qualifying employment” and what qualifies can be noted on the Academy Admissions Office Web Page and links.</p>