Table C-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains, FY16: by Education Tier, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER      
TIER 11 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %     
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 21,021 94.99 1,009 4.56 99 0.45 22,129 100
   Females 6,875 94.76 343 4.73 37 0.51 7,255 100
   Total 27,896 94.94 1,352 4.60 136 0.46 29,384 100
   Percent Females 24.65 25.37 27.21 24.69
ARMY RESERVE                      
   Males 8,344 83.51 938 9.39 710 7.11 9,992 100
   Females 3,476 85.18 396 9.70 209 5.12 4,081 100
   Total 11,820 83.99 1,334 9.48 919 6.53 14,073 100
   Percent Females 29.41 29.69 22.74 29.00
NAVAL RESERVE                      
   Males 794 91.16 59 6.77 18 2.07 871 100
   Females 280 90.61 22 7.12 7 2.27 309 100
   Total 1,074 91.02 81 6.86 25 2.12 1,180 100
   Percent Females 26.07 27.16 28.00 26.19
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                      
   Males 5,153 97.47 128 2.42 6 0.11 5,287 100
   Females 105 91.30 9 7.83 1 0.87 115 100
   Total 5,258 97.33 137 2.54 7 0.13 5,402 100
   Percent Females 2.00 6.57 14.29 2.13
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 3,283 98.97 31 0.93 3 0.09 3,317 100
   Females 1,381 99.07 13 0.93 0 0 1,394 100
   Total 4,664 99.00 44 0.93 3 0.06 4,711 100
   Percent Females 29.61 29.55 0 29.59
AIR FORCE RESERVE                      
   Males 1,742 99.94 1 0.06 0 0 1,743 100
   Females 1,039 99.71 3 0.29 0 0 1,042 100
   Total 2,781 99.86 4 0.14 0 0 2,785 100
   Percent Females 37.36 75.00 ----- 37.41
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 40,337 93.07 2,166 5.00 836 1.93 43,339 100
   Females 13,156 92.67 786 5.54 254 1.79 14,196 100
   Total 53,493 92.97 2,952 5.13 1,090 1.89 57,535 100
   Percent Females 24.59 26.63 23.30 24.67
                       
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                  
   Males 12,455,116 83.59 (2) (2) 2,445,435 16.41 14,900,551 100
   Females 12,719,067 86.56 (2) (2) 1,975,038 13.44 14,694,105 100
   Total 25,174,182 85.06 (2) (2) 4,420,474 14.94 29,594,656 100
   Percent Females 50.52 NA 44.68 49.65
     
1. Tier 1 recruits are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also include people with educational backgrounds beyond high school, as well as those who have earned adult education diplomas, those with one semester of college, and those who have attended virtual or distance learning and adult or alternative schools.  Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development certificate (GED).  Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates.
2. Civilian numbers and percentages combine Tier 1 and Tier 2.  
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.  Data omits 0 males and 0 females with unknown education.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of  Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, October 2015-September 2016 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).