Table A-6.  Applicants 1 for Active Component Enlistment, FY15: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group

                               
  EDUCATIONAL TIER2
  TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #         %       #         %       #         %       #         %    
ARMY                              
   Males 77,732 99.8 98 0.13 39 0.05 77,869 100
   Females 19,560 99.8 22 0.11 12 0.06 19,594 100
   Total 97,292 99.8 120 0.12 51 0.05 97,463 100
   Percent Females 20.1 18.3 23.5 20.1
NAVY                              
   Males 44,364 99.9 37 0.08 15 0.03 44,416 100
   Females 17,072 99.8 31 0.18 5 0.03 17,108 100
   Total 61,436 99.9 68 0.11 20 0.03 61,524 100
   Percent Females 27.8 45.6 25.0 27.8
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 41,350 99.9 42 0.10 12 0.03 41,404 100
   Females 5,292 99.9 3 0.06 1 0.02 5,296 100
   Total 46,642 99.9 45 0.10 13 0.03 46,700 100
   Percent Females 11.3 6.7 7.7 11.3
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 29,350 99.8 39 0.13 15 0.05 29,404 100
   Females 10,193 99.8 22 0.22 3 0.03 10,218 100
   Total 39,543 99.8 61 0.15 18 0.05 39,622 100
   Percent Females 25.8 36.1 16.7 25.8
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 192,796 99.8 216 0.11 81 0.04 193,093 100
   Females 52,117 99.8 78 0.15 21 0.04 52,216 100
   Total 244,913 99.8 294 0.12 102 0.04 245,309 100
   Percent Females 21.3 26.5 20.6 21.3
                               
18-24 YR-OLD CIVILIAN POPULATION                        
   Males 12,575,162 83.9 (3) (3) 2,408,274 16.1 14,983,436 100
   Females 12,839,655 86.5 (3) (3) 2,009,849 13.5 14,849,505 100
   Total 25,414,818 85.2 (3) (3) 4,418,123 14.8 29,832,941 100
   Percent Females 50.5 45.5 49.8
   
  1. Refers to non-prior service (NPS) individuals whose first formal application (i.e., taking a screening physical exam or the Armed Services Vocational 
      Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)) was in FY15. 
  2. Tier 1 recruits are primarily high school diploma graduates, but they also include people with educational backgrounds 
       beyond high school, as well as those who have earned adult education diplomas, those with one semester of college, 
       and those who have attended virtual or distance learming and adult or alternative schools.  Tier 2 indicates alternate 
       high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development certificate (GED).  Tier 3 represents non-high 
       school graduates.
  3. Civilian numbers and percentages 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, noninstitutional, age 18-24, October 2014-September 2015 average.