| Table B-6. FY 2009 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 | 45,361 | 84.44% | 8,063 | 15.01% | 297 | 0.55% | 53,721 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 9,087 | 91.35% | 828 | 8.32% | 32 | 0.32% | 9,947 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 54,448 | 85.52% | 8,891 | 13.96% | 329 | 0.52% | 63,668 | 100% | |||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 26,642 | 95.72% | 951 | 3.42% | 239 | 0.86% | 27,832 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 7,181 | 97.16% | 167 | 2.26% | 43 | 0.58% | 7,391 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 33,823 | 96.03% | 1,118 | 3.17% | 282 | 0.80% | 35,223 | 100% | |||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 27,557 | 97.02% | 845 | 2.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 28,402 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 2,478 | 97.87% | 54 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,532 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 30,035 | 97.09% | 899 | 2.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 30,934 | 100% | |||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 24,543 | 97.99% | 498 | 1.99% | 6 | 0.02% | 25,047 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 6,640 | 98.62% | 92 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 6,733 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 31,183 | 98.12% | 590 | 1.86% | 7 | 0.02% | 31,780 | 100% | |||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 124,103 | 91.93% | 10,357 | 7.67% | 542 | 0.40% | 135,002 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 25,386 | 95.43% | 1,141 | 4.29% | 76 | 0.29% | 26,603 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 149,489 | 92.50% | 11,498 | 7.11% | 618 | 0.38% | 161,605 | 100% | |||||||||
| 18-24 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 11,624,291 | 80.91% | (2) | (2) | 2,743,510 | 19.09% | 14,367,802 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 12,044,309 | 84.78% | (2) | (2) | 2,161,986 | 15.22% | 14,206,294 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 23,668,600 | 82.83% | (2) | (2) | 4,905,496 | 17.17% | 28,574,096 | 100% | |||||||||
| 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 2008-September 2009 average. | |||||||||||||||||