Student Body
The school has more than 600 students, representing 38 of all 50 states of the US and 25 countries worldwide. The college had the largest enrollment ever at the start of the 2009–2010 academic year: 334 cadets, an increase of 52% over the previous year.
The Army ROTC Early Commissioning Program (ECP), one of only five offered in the United States, and the only program in the Northeast, has experienced a 48% increase in enrollment, from 50 to 74 cadets. These ECP Cadets will earn their commission as Second Lieutenants in the U.S. Army after only two years at VFMC.
In 2008–2009 the college enrolled a total of 10 women; the next year, 37 new and returning women were at the college, an increase of 270%.
The Service Academy Prep Program at VFMC saw an increase of 188% over the 2008–2009 Prepsters, with a total of 46 Prepsters in the 2009–2010 program. Valley Forge Military College has the largest number of West Point Prepsters out of all the West Point approved Prepster programs in the country, with 18 currently enrolled.
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