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2015-25 Achievement Data
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Course Success
Course Completion
Average GPA
Two-Year Retention
Graduation
Job Placement
2024-25 Institution-Set Standards
COURSE SUCCESS
The table below details the course success rates for the previous ten academic years.
*Course success is defined as the percentage of cadets enrolled in a course who receive a grade of P, A, B, or C.
The overall course success rate for 2015-2025 is 99%
COURSE SUCCESS
The table below details the course success rates for the previous ten academic years.
*Completion Rate = Total Units Awarded as a percentage of Total Units Attempted
The overall course completion rate for 2015-2025 is 99%
GRADE POINT AVERAGE
The average GPA for the last ten years of graduating cadets is:
TWO-YEAR RETENTION RATE
Though every effort is made to avoid it, inevitably each year a small number of cadets leave the College. The table below details, for each graduating year, the retention rate for cadets completing the two-years of the training program.
*data in this table does not include those joining the session as second-year cadets
**includes only cadets who graduate/are commissioned after two years.
Of the 244 cadets enrolled as first-year cadets in the last ten years, 221 graduated on time (after two years of training), giving a two-year retention rate of 91%.
GRADUATION DATA
Graduating cadets (defined as successfully completing the officer training program) receive a Certificate of Salvation Army Officer Training and are Commissioned and Ordained as a Salvation Army officer. Cadets who join a session as a second-year cadet, graduate after an additional third year, or resign and reenroll within 10 years are reflected in the graduation data below.
Of the 247 cadets enrolled in the last ten years, 223 graduated, giving a graduation rate of 90%.
In addition, most graduating cadets also receive an Associate of Arts Degree in Ministry. In exceptional circumstances, a cadet my earn the A.A. degree but not be commissioned.
Of the 245 cadets enrolled as first-years in the degree program in the last ten years, 215 received an AA degree, giving a degree completion rate of 88%.
JOB PLACEMENT
Upon successful completion of the officer training program at CFOT, graduating cadets are commissioned and ordained as Salvation Army officers and provided with an appointment in full-time ministry at a Salvation Army corps or other facility. As such, 100% of graduating cadets receive job placement.
2024-25 INSTITUTION-SET STANDARDS
The following table details CFOT’s achievement of its Institutional-Set Standards for the 2024-25 academic year.
* Percentage of 1st year cadets enrolled in fall 2024 who returned fall 2025
** Percentage of incoming cadets in 2023 and cadets joining the cohort (enrolled in the A.A. program) who received a degree in 2025.