| Table B-6. FY 2007 Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education Tier, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL TIER1 | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| ARMY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 35,944 | 68.26% | 14,995 | 28.48% | 1,721 | 3.27% | 52,660 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 8,163 | 79.75% | 1,876 | 18.33% | 197 | 1.92% | 10,236 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 44,107 | 70.13% | 16,871 | 26.82% | 1,918 | 3.05% | 62,896 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 26,043 | 92.48% | 1,679 | 5.96% | 439 | 1.56% | 28,161 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 6,146 | 95.97% | 215 | 3.36% | 43 | 0.67% | 6,404 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 32,189 | 93.13% | 1,894 | 5.48% | 482 | 1.39% | 34,565 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 30,027 | 95.15% | 1,462 | 4.63% | 69 | 0.22% | 31,558 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 2,421 | 97.54% | 55 | 2.22% | 6 | 0.24% | 2,482 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 32,448 | 95.32% | 1,517 | 4.46% | 75 | 0.22% | 34,040 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 21,086 | 99.10% | 166 | 0.78% | 25 | 0.12% | 21,277 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 6,430 | 99.41% | 31 | 0.48% | 7 | 0.11% | 6,468 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 27,516 | 99.17% | 197 | 0.71% | 32 | 0.12% | 27,745 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 113,100 | 84.62% | 18,302 | 13.69% | 2,254 | 1.69% | 133,656 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 23,160 | 90.50% | 2,177 | 8.51% | 253 | 0.99% | 25,590 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 136,260 | 85.57% | 20,479 | 12.86% | 2,507 | 1.57% | 159,246 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 11,204,136 | 78.83% | (2) | (2) | 3,009,743 | 21.17% | 14,213,879 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Females | 11,596,442 | 83.53% | (2) | (2) | 2,286,092 | 16.47% | 13,882,534 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| Total | 22,800,578 | 81.15% | (2) | (2) | 5,295,835 | 18.85% | 28,096,413 | 100.00% | |||||||||
| 1. Tier 1 indicates individuals with at least a high school diploma. Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the | |||||||||||||||||
| General Educational Development Certificate (GED). Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Civilian data combine Tiers 1 and 2. | |||||||||||||||||
| Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding. | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, | |||||||||||||||||
| October 2006-September 2007 average. | |||||||||||||||||