Table A-6.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY17: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

                               
  EDUCATIONAL TIER2
  TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #         %       #         %       #         %       #         %    
ARMY                              
   Males 73,332 94.42 4,317 5.56 14 0.02 77,663 100
   Females 18,998 97.95 393 2.03 4 0.02 19,395 100
   Total 92,330 95.13 4,710 4.85 18 0.02 97,058 100
   Percent Females 20.58 8.34 22.22 19.98
NAVY                              
   Males 39,278 98.22 708 1.77 5 0.01 39,991 100
   Females 14,506 98.92 158 1.08 0 0 14,664 100
   Total 53,784 98.41 866 1.58 5 0.01 54,655 100
   Percent Females 26.97 18.24 0 26.83
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 40,317 99.62 76 0.19 76 0.19 40,469 100
   Females 5,451 99.71 10 0.18 6 0.11 5,467 100
   Total 45,768 99.63 86 0.19 82 0.18 45,936 100
   Percent Females 11.91 11.63 7.32 11.90
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 35,829 98.98 338 0.93 30 0.08 36,197 100
   Females 13,834 99.25 99 0.71 6 0.04 13,939 100
   Total 49,663 99.06 437 0.87 36 0.07 50,136 100
   Percent Females 27.86 22.65 16.67 27.80
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 188,756 97.14 5,439 2.80 125 0.06 194,320 100
   Females 52,789 98.74 660 1.23 16 0.03 53,465 100
   Total 241,545 97.48 6,099 2.46 141 0.06 247,785 100
   Percent Females 21.85 10.82 11.35 21.58
                               
18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION                        
   Males 12,382,438 83.89 (3) (3) 2,377,963 16.11 14,760,401 100
   Females 12,710,617 87.49 (3) (3) 1,817,374 12.51 14,527,990 100
   Total 25,093,055 85.68 (3) (3) 4,195,336 14.32 29,288,391 100
   Percent Females 50.65 43.32 49.60
   
1. Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY17.   Does not include participants in the High School Testing Program unless otherwise tested.
2. 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 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 (GED) certificate.  Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates.
3. Civilian numbers and percentages 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, noninstitutional, age 18-24, October 2016-September 2017 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).