>>Kinda like MacDonald's millions sold < s >. I assume that the number is cumulative.
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>I thought so too, because the numbers are quite high. But I was told that the number refers to currently registered students. And, the numbers do go down sometimes.
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>On the other hand, half a million students for ca. 10,000 local academies seems to me a somewhat low average per academy.

Makes me wonder how many are employed using the knowledge gained in this specific career field?

As an aside the number of buildings occupied by Cisco has decreased in my area. I drive by them to and from work on hiway 237. Other names have replaced those which Cisco occupied.