Table B-26.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY16: by Service and Education
  SERVICE
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
EDUCATION            #          %         #        %          #          %        #           %           #            %
Officer Gains    
Males and Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 551 9.87 0 0 348 21.47 254 6.06 1,153 7.47
4-year college graduate 4,185 74.96 21 0.52 1,257 77.54 1,379 32.93 6,842 44.34
Greater than 4-year college graduate 812 14.54 13 0.32 15 0.93 425 10.15 1,265 8.20
Unknown 35 0.63 4,004 99.16 1 0.06 2,130 50.86 6,170 39.99
TOTAL 5,583 100   4,038 100   1,621 100   4,188 100   15,430 100
Males
Less than 4-year college graduate 439 7.86 0 0 321 19.80 184 4.39 944 6.12
4-year college graduate 3,320 59.47 12 0.30 1,126 69.46 1,072 25.60 5,530 35.84
Greater than 4-year college graduate 561 10.05 6 0.15 14 0.86 288 6.88 869 5.63
Unknown 24 0.43 3,023 74.86 1 0.06 1,503 35.89 4,551 29.49
TOTAL 4,344 77.81   3,041 75.31   1,462 90.19   3,047 72.76   11,894 77.08
Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 112 2.01 0 0 27 1.67 70 1.67 209 1.35
4-year college graduate 865 15.49 9 0.22 131 8.08 307 7.33 1,312 8.50
Greater than 4-year college graduate 251 4.50 7 0.17 1 0.06 137 3.27 396 2.57
Unknown 11 0.20 981 24.29 0 0 627 14.97 1,619 10.49
TOTAL 1,239 22.19   997 24.69   159 9.81   1,141 27.24   3,536 22.92
  SERVICE
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
EDUCATION            #          %         #        %          #          %        #           %           #            %
Officer Corps
Males and Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 1,031 1.32 619 1.17 1,164 6.25 251 0.41 3,065 1.46
4-year college graduate 42,068 54.03 15,551 29.50 13,320 71.49 22,782 37.37 93,721 44.59
Greater than 4-year college graduate 34,677 44.54 19,730 37.42 3,470 18.62 36,271 59.50 94,148 44.80
Unknown 85 0.11 16,819 31.90 679 3.64 1,657 2.72 19,240 9.15
TOTAL 77,861 100   52,719 100   18,633 100   60,961 100   210,174 100
Males
Less than 4-year college graduate 853 1.10 544 1.03 1,024 5.50 156 0.26 2,577 1.23
4-year college graduate 34,665 44.52 12,453 23.62 12,389 66.49 18,026 29.57 77,533 36.89
Greater than 4-year college graduate 27,935 35.88 16,583 31.46 3,213 17.24 29,105 47.74 76,836 36.56
Unknown 55 0.07 13,463 25.54 606 3.25 1,115 1.83 15,239 7.25
TOTAL 63,508 81.57   43,043 81.65   17,232 92.48   48,402 79.40   172,185 81.92
Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 178 0.23 75 0.14 140 0.75 95 0.16 488 0.23
4-year college graduate 7,403 9.51 3,098 5.88 931 5.00 4,756 7.80 16,188 7.70
Greater than 4-year college graduate 6,742 8.66 3,147 5.97 257 1.38 7,166 11.76 17,312 8.24
Unknown 30 0.04 3,356 6.37 73 0.39 542 0.89 4,001 1.90
TOTAL 14,353 18.43   9,676 18.35   1,401 7.52   12,559 20.60   37,989 18.08
     
Note:  Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks. This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of the officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of an officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
The data from the Services used to populate the "Gains" portion of this table appear to be inaccurate and are not reliable.  Efforts are underway to improve the quality and accuracy of the data in the future.  The data referencing the education level of the Officer Corps appear to be accurate and are to be considered a reliable data source for this topic.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).