Table B-27.   FY 2003 Active Component Officer Accessions and Officer Corps by Gender and Service with Civilian Comparison Groups
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			COLLEGE GRADUATES*
GENDER	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
a.   FY 2003 Active Component Officer Accessions
Males	4,940	77.99%		3,327	80.69%		1,196	90.40%		5,428	77.23%		14,891	79.17%		6,951,453	45.42%
Females	1,394	22.01%		796	19.31%		127	9.60%		1,600	22.77%		3,917	20.83%		8,351,744	54.58%
TOTAL	6,334	100.00%		4,123	100.00%		1,323	100.00%		7,028	100.00%		18,808	100.00%		15,303,196	100.00%
b.   FY 2003 Active Component Officer Corps
Males	56,831	83.63%		45,164	84.70%		15,828	94.29%		60,259	81.83%		178,082	84.12%		15,162,424	51.24%
Females	11,122	16.37%		8,159	15.30%		959	5.71%		13,384	18.17%		33,624	15.88%		14,429,816	48.76%
TOTAL	67,953	100.00%		53,323	100.00%		16,787	100.00%		73,643	100.00%		211,706	100.00%		29,592,240	100.00%
* Comparison group for accessions includes 21-35 year old college graduates in the non-institutional civilian population, October 2002-September 2003.
Comparison group for active component officer corps includes college graduates in the civilian work force (21-49 years old), September 2003.
Source:   Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey File.