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Education. The Reserve Components also tend
to vary in the educational attainment levels of their officer accessions (Table 6.6). Overall in FY 1997, 85 percent of Reserve officer accessions were at least college graduates (bachelor and/or advanced
degrees). The USNR had the highest proportion of officer accessions with at least a college degree (99.6 percent). In the other components, the percentage of officer accessions with degrees ranged from 70
percent in the ARNG to 91 percent in the USAFR.
Table 6.6. FY 1997 Educational Attainment of Selected Reserve Officer Accessions and
Officer Corps (Percent) |
| Educational Attainment* |
Army
National
Guard |
Army
Reserve |
Naval
Reserve |
USMC
Reserve |
Air
National
Guard |
Air
Force
Reserve |
DoD
Total |
| SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER ACCESSIONS |
| Less than College Graduate |
30.2 |
14.7 |
0.4 |
9.8 |
22.2 |
9.4 |
15.2 |
| College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.) |
57.1 |
61.5 |
62.7 |
72.0 |
54.4 |
50.7 |
59.5 |
| Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.) |
12.7 |
23.8 |
36.9 |
18.2 |
23.4 |
39.8 |
25.4 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER CORPS |
| Less than College Graduate |
20.7 |
11.7 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
5.6 |
3.8 |
10.4 |
| College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.) |
59.8 |
54.3 |
59.1 |
70.6 |
66.2 |
48.9 |
57.6 |
| Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.) |
19.5 |
34.0 |
40.8 |
28.0 |
28.3 |
47.3 |
31.9 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Columns may not add to total due to rounding.
* Excludes unknowns.
Also see Appendix Table C-28 (Education by Component). |
For all of the Reserve Components, the proportion of officers with at least an
undergraduate degree is higher than that of its officer accessions. This difference is particularly evident in the ANG where 78 percent of the accessions and 95 percent of the officer corps have a college degree. Several factors help explain why more officers have college degrees than do officer accessions. A number of Selected Reserve accessions have college credits but have not yet
earned a degree when they join the Selected Reserve. Because of Service emphasis on an educated officer corps, many individuals join to take advantage of educational opportunities
and education financing (e.g., the Montgomery G.I. Bill), and many non-degreed officers complete their college education while serving in the Selected Reserve.Go to
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