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Education
The Reserve Components
also tend to vary in the educational attainment levels of its officer accessions
(Table 6.6). Overall in FY 2001, 81 percent of Reserve officer accessions
were at least college graduates (bachelor and/or advanced degrees). The USMCR
and the USNR had the highest proportion of officer accessions with at least
a college degree (98 percent each). In the other components, the percentage
of officer accessions with degrees ranged from 70 percent in the ARNG to 93
percent in the Air Force Reserve.
| Table 6.6. FY 2001
Educational Attainment of Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and
Officer Corps (Percent) |
Educational Attainment* |
Army National Guard |
Army Reserve |
Naval Reserve |
USMC Reserve |
Air National Guard |
Air Force Reserve |
DoD Total |
| SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER
ACCESSIONS |
| Less than College Graduate |
29.6 |
23.7 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
24.3 |
7.2 |
18.6 |
| College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.) |
60.4 |
55.1 |
62.6 |
79.9 |
52.7 |
56.2 |
58.8 |
| Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.) |
10.0 |
21.2 |
34.9 |
17.9 |
23.0 |
36.6 |
22.6 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER
CORPS |
| Less than College Graduate |
13.6 |
20.5 |
1.6 |
0.7 |
5.3 |
3.2 |
11.3 |
| College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.) |
64.7 |
48.4 |
53.9 |
68.9 |
64.9 |
47.4 |
55.7 |
| Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.) |
21.7 |
31.2 |
44.5 |
30.4 |
29.7 |
49.3 |
33.0 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Columns may
not add to total due to rounding.
* Excludes unknowns.
Also see Appendix Table C-28
(Education by Component). |
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