Camp Ritchie: Student Numbers: All Classes summarizes how many soldiers graduated from each type of course at the Military Intelligence Training Center. Figures are from the source spreadsheet.
| Class / course | Dates | Graduated |
|---|---|---|
| MITC classes | ||
| 31 8-Week Classes | 27 July 1942 – 22 September 1945 | 11,637 |
| 28 Graduate OB Classes | 26 August 1943 – 14 July 1945 | 899 |
| 26 Other Graduate Training Classes | 26 August 1943 – 14 July 1945 | 878 |
| 2 Special Intelligence Classes | 11 November 1943 – 24 November 1943 | 21 |
| Army Ground Force classes | ||
| 41 Photo Interpretation Classes (20-Day) | 1 February 1943 – 6 October 1946 | 1,888 |
| 6 Order of Battle Classes (4-Week) | 5 November 1942 – 24 August 1945 | 70 |
| 19 Division Classes (4-Week) | 7 March 1944 – 15 December 1944 | 773 |
| 18 Mobile Intelligence Training Units (5–6 week) | 1 September 1944 – 15 August 1945 | 306 |
| 12 Redeployment Classes (10–14 Day) | 31 May 1945 – 20 September 1945 | 119 |
| CIC classes | ||
| 22 Special CIC Classes (2-Week; 2-Day) | 2,340 | |
| 4 Redeployment Classes | 111 | |
| Occasional instruction | ||
| 8 RCM Classes (2-day) | 12 May 1943 – 15 November 1943 | 71 |
| 1 Special Intelligence Group-Signal | 16 April 1944 – 28 April 1944 | 60 |
| 2 Instr. Prior to ASTP, Russian Lang. Training | 24 May 1945 – 27 June 1945 | 46 |
| 1 First Class for Instructors-Japanese | 17 July 1945 – 24 August 1945 | 40 |
| Special Groups—MITC | 420 | |
| Grand total all classes | 19,679* | |
*This total differs from the number given in George Le Blanc's official history of the MITC at Camp Ritchie, because of an error in adding the figures of graduates in the occasional instruction classes.
Source and copyright
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Notes
- July 1945 G-2 memoranda on Nisei in MITU training (MID 908) speak of 29 units then being organized at Camp Ritchie; the spreadsheet above counts 18 MITU courses and 306 graduates. See Nisei and Pacific#Mobile Intelligence Training Units (MITU), 1945.