Table B-31.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Corps, FY17: by Source of Commission, Service, and Gender
Number
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION  
Service  ROTC  ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct 
GENDER Academy Scholarship1 Scholarship1 OCS/OTS2 Appointment Other Unknown TOTAL
ARMY                
   Males 10,752 21,775 12,292 9,461 6,834 2,088 21 63,223
   Females 1,689 4,915 2,069 1,680 3,233 937 9 14,532
   Total 12,441 26,690 14,361 11,141 10,067 3,025 30 77,755
   Percent Females 13.58 18.42 14.41 15.08 32.11 30.98 30.00 18.69
NAVY                
    Males 8,982 7,809 697 9,783 6,676 26 8,860 42,833
    Females 1,753 1,912 106 1,216 3,516 0 1,440 9,943
    Total 10,735 9,721 803 10,999 10,192 26 10,300 52,776
   Percent Females 16.33 19.67 13.20 11.06 34.50 0 13.98 18.84
   
MARINE CORPS                
    Males 2,707 887 0 10,818 191 2 2,975 17,580
    Females 402 31 0 809 12 0 215 1,469
    Total 3,109 918 0 11,627 203 2 3,190 19,049
   Percent Females 12.93 3.38 ----- 6.96 5.91 0 6.74 7.71
 
AIR FORCE                
    Males 11,859 9,766 11,457 9,532 6,020 39 3 48,676
    Females 2,221 2,076 2,553 1,821 4,238 12 0 12,921
    Total 14,080 11,842 14,010 11,353 10,258 51 3 61,597
   Percent Females 15.77 17.53 18.22 16.04 41.31 23.53 0 20.98
TOTAL DoD                
    Males 34,300 40,237 24,446 39,594 19,721 2,155 11,859 172,312
    Females 6,065 8,934 4,728 5,526 10,999 949 1,664 38,865
    Total 40,365 49,171 29,174 45,120 30,720 3,104 13,523 211,177
   Percent Females 15.03 18.17 16.21 12.25 35.80 30.57 12.30 18.40
Percent
  SOURCE OF COMMISSION  
Service  ROTC ROTC Non- PLC/ Direct
GENDER Academy Scholarship1 Scholarship1 OCS/OTS2 Appointment Other Unknown TOTAL
ARMY                
   Males 17.01 34.44 19.44 14.96 10.81 3.30 0.03 100
   Females 11.62 33.82 14.24 11.56 22.25 6.45 0.06 100
   Total 16.00 34.33 18.47 14.33 12.95 3.89 0.04 100
NAVY                
    Males 20.97 18.23 1.63 22.84 15.59 0.06 20.68 100
    Females 17.63 19.23 1.07 12.23 35.36 0 14.48 100
    Total 20.34 18.42 1.52 20.84 19.31 0.05 19.52 100
   
MARINE CORPS                
    Males 15.40 5.05 0 61.54 1.09 0.01 16.92 100
    Females 27.37 2.11 0 55.07 0.82 0 14.64 100
    Total 16.32 4.82 0 61.04 1.07 0.01 16.75 100
 
AIR FORCE                
    Males 24.36 20.06 23.54 19.58 12.37 0.08 0.01 100
    Females 17.19 16.07 19.76 14.09 32.80 0.09 0 100
    Total 22.86 19.22 22.74 18.43 16.65 0.08 0 100
TOTAL DoD                
    Males 19.91 23.35 14.19 22.98 11.44 1.25 6.88 100
    Females 15.61 22.99 12.17 14.22 28.30 2.44 4.28 100
    Total 19.11 23.28 13.81 21.37 14.55 1.47 6.40 100
   
1. ROTC - Reserve Officer Training Corps
2. Includes Officer Candidates School (OCS), Aviation OCS, Officer Training School (OTS), or Platoon Leaders Course (PLC).
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).  Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2017.