| Table B-6. Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY10: by Education Tier, Service, and Gender | |||||||||||||||||
| with Civilian Comparison Group | |||||||||||||||||
| EDUCATION TIER1 | |||||||||||||||||
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 | TOTAL | ||||||||||||||
| GENDER | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |||||||||
| ARMY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 56,970 | 96.6% | 1,986 | 3.4% | 21 | 0% | 58,977 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 10,916 | 98.3% | 187 | 1.7% | 1 | 0% | 11,104 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 67,886 | 96.9% | 2,173 | 3.1% | 22 | 0% | 70,081 | 100% | |||||||||
| Percent Females | 16.1% | 8.6% | 4.5% | 15.8% | |||||||||||||
| NAVY | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 25,904 | 97.7% | 556 | 2.1% | 65 | 0.25% | 26,525 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 7,369 | 97.9% | 132 | 1.8% | 23 | 0.31% | 7,524 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 33,273 | 97.7% | 688 | 2.0% | 88 | 0.26% | 34,049 | 100% | |||||||||
| Percent Females | 22.1% | 19.2% | 26.1% | 22.1% | |||||||||||||
| MARINE CORPS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 25,135 | 98.5% | 373 | 1.5% | 0 | 0% | 25,508 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 2,479 | 98.8% | 31 | 1.2% | 0 | 0% | 2,510 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 27,614 | 98.6% | 404 | 1.4% | 0 | 0% | 28,018 | 100% | |||||||||
| Percent Females | 9.0% | 7.7% | ----- | 9.0% | |||||||||||||
| AIR FORCE | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 22,460 | 98.1% | 434 | 1.9% | 1 | 0% | 22,895 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 5,395 | 98.7% | 72 | 1.3% | 1 | 0% | 5,468 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 27,855 | 98.2% | 506 | 1.8% | 2 | 0% | 28,363 | 100% | |||||||||
| Percent Females | 19.4% | 14.2% | 50.0% | 19.3% | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL DoD | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 130,469 | 97.4% | 3,349 | 2.5% | 87 | 0.06% | 133,905 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 26,159 | 98.3% | 422 | 1.6% | 25 | 0.09% | 26,606 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 156,628 | 97.6% | 3,771 | 2.3% | 112 | 0.07% | 160,511 | 100% | |||||||||
| Percent Females | 16.7% | 11.2% | 22.3% | 16.6% | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 YEAR-OLD CIVILIANS | |||||||||||||||||
| Males | 11,708,292 | 80.3% | (2) | (2) | 2,873,134 | 19.7% | 14,581,426 | 100% | |||||||||
| Females | 12,237,186 | 84.8% | (2) | (2) | 2,186,303 | 15.2% | 14,423,489 | 100% | |||||||||
| Total | 23,945,477 | 82.6% | (2) | (2) | 5,059,437 | 17.4% | 29,004,915 | 100% | |||||||||
| Percent Females | 51.1% | 43.2% | 49.7% | ||||||||||||||
| 1. Tier 1 indicates individuals with at least a high school diploma. Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the | |||||||||||||||||
| General Educational Development certificate (GED). Tier 3 represents non-high school graduates. | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. Civilian data 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, 18-24 year-old noninstitutional civilians, | |||||||||||||||||
| October 2009-September 2010 average. Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). | |||||||||||||||||