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2025 Enrollment

Enrollment at CFOT occurs once a year with cadets moving through the training program as a cohort (session). The academic year begins in late August with new cadets beginning the two-year training program or cadets returning after their summer internship to continue into their second year of training. 

On rare occasions, the number of cadets in the second-year session is augmented by the return of cadets who left the program before completion. Though not duplicated in enrollment data, these cadets are included in the data on cadets eligible for graduation and commissioning.
 

International Cadets
CFOT has a history of receiving cadets from the Korean Territory. These cadets join the second-year session to complete the second half of their training experience and typically return to Korea for their appointments as Salvation Army officers. The class of 2024 has two cadets from the Korean Territory join during their second-year. In addition, in 2019 a cadet from the Brazilian Territory joined the Messengers of Grace session as a first-year cadet and completed the entirety of training at CFOT.


Enrollment Data
CFOT’s enrollment data are detailed in the following charts and tables.

CFOT’s service area (the USA Western Territory), is divided into nine geographic regions (Divisions). The table details enrollment by Division.

Number of incoming (first-year) cadets in the fall of given year, by location:

* On July 1, 2018, Sierra Del Mar and Southern California Divisions were merged to form the California South Division, 
**Renamed the Southern California Devision in 2022