Table B-26.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY19: by Service and Education
  SERVICE
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
EDUCATION            #          %         #        %          #          %        #           %           #            %
Officer Gains1    
Males and Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 1,269 19.97 1 0.02 150 9.62 433 9.11 1,853 10.96
4-year college graduate 4,205 66.19 1,430 33.69 1,317 84.42 1,362 28.64 8,314 49.16
Greater than 4-year college graduate 812 12.78 11 0.26 35 2.24 297 6.25 1,155 6.83
Unknown 67 1.05 2,803 66.03 58 3.72 2,663 56.00 5,591 33.06
TOTAL 6,353 100   4,245 100   1,560 100   4,755 100   16,913 100
Males
Less than 4-year college graduate 1,024 16.12 0 0 137 8.78 322 6.77 1,483 8.77
4-year college graduate 3,180 50.06 1,081 25.47 1,138 72.95 1,089 22.90 6,488 38.36
Greater than 4-year college graduate 556 8.75 6 0.14 25 1.60 200 4.21 787 4.65
Unknown 43 0.68 2,129 50.15 58 3.72 1,774 37.31 4,004 23.67
TOTAL 4,803 75.60   3,216 75.76   1,358 87.05   3,385 71.19   12,762 75.46
Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 245 3.86 1 0.02 13 0.83 111 2.33 370 2.19
4-year college graduate 1,025 16.13 349 8.22 179 11.47 273 5.74 1,826 10.80
Greater than 4-year college graduate 256 4.03 5 0.12 10 0.64 97 2.04 368 2.18
Unknown 24 0.38 674 15.88 0 0 889 18.70 1,587 9.38
TOTAL 1,550 24.40   1,029 24.24   202 12.95   1,370 28.81   4,151 24.54
  SERVICE
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
EDUCATION            #          %         #        %          #          %        #           %           #            %
Officer Corps 2
Males and Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 2,485 3.17 571 1.07 1,169 6.06 300 0.47 4,525 2.11
4-year college graduate 41,119 52.43 19,512 36.58 13,680 70.91 26,677 41.75 100,988 46.98
Greater than 4-year college graduate 34,722 44.28 20,067 37.62 3,947 20.46 34,965 54.72 93,701 43.59
Unknown 97 0.12 13,189 24.73 496 2.57 1,960 3.07 15,742 7.32
TOTAL 78,423 100   53,339 100   19,292 100   63,902 100   214,956 100
Males
Less than 4-year college graduate 2,047 2.61 496 0.93 1,073 5.56 212 0.33 3,828 1.78
4-year college graduate 33,445 42.65 15,141 28.39 12,519 64.89 21,179 33.14 82,284 38.28
Greater than 4-year college graduate 27,692 35.31 16,434 30.81 3,612 18.72 27,277 42.69 75,015 34.90
Unknown 72 0.09 10,696 20.05 455 2.36 1,302 2.04 12,525 5.83
TOTAL 63,256 80.66   42,767 80.18   17,659 91.54   49,970 78.20   173,652 80.78
Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 438 0.56 75 0.14 96 0.50 88 0.14 697 0.32
4-year college graduate 7,674 9.79 4,371 8.19 1,161 6.02 5,498 8.60 18,704 8.70
Greater than 4-year college graduate 7,030 8.96 3,633 6.81 335 1.74 7,688 12.03 18,686 8.69
Unknown 25 0.03 2,493 4.67 41 0.21 658 1.03 3,217 1.50
TOTAL 15,167 19.34   10,572 19.82   1,633 8.46   13,932 21.80   41,304 19.22
     
1. Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks between 1 October 2018 and 30 September 2019.  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.
2. Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2019.
Note: 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).