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10 years ago Princeton had ROTC. Had a few friends going through it.
by hkmurakami 8y ago
10 years ago Princeton had ROTC. Had a few friends going through it.
- Balgair 8y agoManaged to find some data on ROTC programs in the Ivies: > There were 122 Navy ROTC midshipmen spread across six Ivy League campuses in 2016, compared to 53 at three Ivy League schools in 2011, according to Navy data. There were 42 Air Force ROTC cadets in the Ivy League in 2016, compared to 28 in 2011, according to Air Force data. The class of 2016 at Yale includes 10 Navy midshipmen and four Air Force cadets out of 1,300 graduates. [0] Lets assume that the growth in ROTC members will carry forward at this rate. That means that the Ivy class of 2023 will have about 300 ROTC members across 8 schools, or about 35 per school. At about 1300 students per school, that's ~1 in every 40 students, give or take. So, about 1 in every other classroom. In looking at other universities, that's about the same. It's hard to find numbers, but it's easy to find pictures. Most of the formation photos have about 30 or more people in them (per service branch). So, though the current batch of scions in power isn't the most ROTC and military active, it does seem that these Ivies are getting to parity with the rest of the country, in terms of service. [0]https://www.ivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/ivy-league/rotc-in-the-ivy-league/ https://www.ivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/ivy-league/rotc-...