Educational Attainment.  Almost one-in-five of Coast Guard Reserve officer accessions and officer corps members (both 19 percent) were not college graduates (Table 8.16).  As was mentioned for the Active Component officer corps, USCG has specialized programs that offer commissions to enlisted members who are traditionally less likely to have college credentials.

Table 8.16.  FY 1998 USCG and DoD Reserve Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Source of Commission and Educational Attainment (Percent)
Source of Commission	Reserve Officer Accessions		Reserve Officer Corps
	Coast Guard	DoD	Coast Guard	DoD
Academy	0.7	8.9	0.3	5.0
ROTC – Scholarship	0.0	11.9	0.0	9.6
ROTC – No Scholarship	0.0	16.0	0.0	23.2
OCS/OTS	40.3	16.6	19.4	13.3
ANG AMS/ARNG OCS	0.0	7.2	0.0	16.4
Direct Appointment	0.0	27.2	0.0	29.9
Other	59.0	12.3	80.4	2.5
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Education Level
Less than College Graduate	18.8	14.4	19.3	10.0
College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.)	66.0	61.5	58.7	58.3
Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.)	15.3	24.1	22.0	31.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. Also see Appendix Tables C-28 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Education), C-33 (Selected Reserve Officer Accessions by Source of Commission), C-34 (Selected Reserve Officers by Source of Commission), and E-37 (Coast Guard Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Education), and E-40 (Coast Guard Reserve Officer Accessions and Officers by Source of Commission).

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