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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 2002, 81 percent
of Reserve officer accessions were at least college graduates (bachelor
and/or advanced degrees). The USNR and the USMCR had the highest proportions
of officer accessions with at least a college degree (98 and 95 percent,
respectively). In the other components, the percentage of officer accessions
with degrees ranged from 69 percent in the ARNG to 92 percent in the Air
Force Reserve.
| Table 6.6. FY 2002
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 |
30.8 |
19.4 |
1.6 |
5.5 |
25.0 |
7.6 |
18.6 |
| College Graduate (B.A.,
B.S., etc.) |
59.1 |
55.9 |
67.7 |
79.7 |
49.4 |
53.5 |
58.3 |
| Advanced Degree (M.A.,
Ph.D., etc.) |
10.1 |
24.7 |
30.7 |
14.8 |
25.6 |
38.9 |
23.1 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER
CORPS |
| Less than College
Graduate |
12.6 |
14.2 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
4.9 |
2.8 |
9.0 |
| College Graduate (B.A.,
B.S., etc.) |
65.0 |
50.3 |
57.8 |
68.8 |
65.0 |
47.7 |
56.9 |
| Advanced Degree (M.A.,
Ph.D., etc.) |
22.4 |
35.5 |
40.6 |
30.7 |
30.1 |
49.5 |
34.1 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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Overall in the Reserve Components, the proportion of officers with at
least an undergraduate degree is higher than that of its officer accessions,
though the difference is slight. This difference is most evident, however,
in the ANG where 75 percent of accessions and 95 percent of the officer
corps have a college degree, and in the ARNG where 69 percent of accessions
and 87 percent of the officer corps have a college degree.
Several factors help explain why more officers have college degrees than
do officer accessions. A number of Selected Reserve accessions have college
credits but have not yet earned a degree when they join the Selected Reserve.
Because of Service emphasis on an educated officer corps, many individuals
join to take advantage of educational opportunities and education financing
(e.g., the Montgomery G.I. Bill), and many non-degreed officers complete
their college education while serving in the Selected Reserve.
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