The Stats: USAFA’s 2018 graduating class

The United States Air Force Academy website lists statistics for the graduating class of 2018. The graduating class is set to graduate this Wednesday.

Here’s the breakdown:

1,498 were offered appointments to the Academy There were 942 men (78.1 percent) and 264 women (21.9 percent) in the class There were 323 (26.8 percent) minorities There were 585 (48.5 percent) cadets who were potentially pilot qualified 1,206 men and women were inducted into the Academy, including 14 international cadets The average high school GPA for the Class of 2018 is 3.85 The average SAT score was 633 verbal and 663 math The average ACT score was 30 English, 30 reading and 30 science reasoning

Scheduled to Graduate

772 men (78 percent) and 212 women (22 percent) 273 minorities (28 percent) The 13 international cadets are from Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Moldovia, Pakistan, The Republic of Korea, Romania, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates 142 graduates attended the Air Force Academy Preparatory School 45 graduates were previously enlisted Airmen The average cumulative GPA for the graduation class was 3.07 54 graduates have brothers or sisters who have graduated from the Academy 58 graduates are second-generation graduates. Six cadets’ parents are both graduates of the Academy.

Training

417 graduates are scheduled to attend pilot training, 14 are scheduled to attend Combat Systems Operator training, 11 are scheduled to attend Air Battle Manager Training and 69 are scheduled to attend Remotely Piloted Aircraft training. 511 graduates are scheduled to be rated officers entering flying-related career fields All service academy graduates incur a five-year service commitment and an additional concurrent service commitment depending on the type of training or schooling, including scholarships, they receive.

And now?

50,698 men and women have graduated from the Academy, 44,094 men, and 5,823 women 737 graduates have been promoted to the general officers rank, including 10 officers recently selected for promotion to brigadier general 131 of those generals are on active duty