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Education. The Reserve Component also tends
to vary in the educational attainment levels of its officer accessions (Table 6.6). Overall in FY 1998, 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 percent). In the other components, the percentage of officer accessions with degrees ranged from 70 percent in the ARNG to 96
percent in the USAFR.
| Table 6.6. FY 1998 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 |
30.3 |
15.0 |
1.1 |
12.7 |
17.1 |
4.3 |
14.9 |
| College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.) |
57.3 |
63.0 |
63.1 |
68.6 |
59.6 |
58.9 |
61.3 |
| Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.) |
12.4 |
22.0 |
35.8 |
18.6 |
23.3 |
36.9 |
23.8 |
| Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| SELECTED RESERVE OFFICER CORPS |
| Less than College Graduate |
18.7 |
11.5 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
3.4 |
10.0 |
| College Graduate (B.A., B.S., etc.) |
61.0 |
56.0 |
57.9 |
69.6 |
66.7 |
49.1 |
58.3 |
| Advanced Degree (M.A., Ph.D., etc.) |
20.3 |
32.5 |
40.1 |
28.4 |
28.3 |
47.5 |
31.7 |
| 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, except the USNR. 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 83 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 next.
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