Table B-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY15: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER1        
TIER 1   TIER 2   TIER 3   TOTAL
GENDER    #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %
ARMY                              
   Males 46,199 97.6 1,115 2.4 7 0.01 47,321 100
   Females 9,599 99.3 69 0.71 1 0.01 9,669 100
   Total 55,798 97.9 1,184 2.1 8 0.01 56,990 100
   Percent Females 17.2 5.8 12.5 17.0
NAVY                              
   Males 25,975 99.4 142 0.54 4 0.02 26,121 100
   Females 8,701 99.5 39 0.45 3 0.03 8,743 100
   Total 34,676 99.5 181 0.52 7 0.02 34,864 100
   Percent Females 25.1 21.5 42.9 25.1
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 26,564 99.9 25 0.09 3 0.01 26,592 100
   Females 2,795 99.9 2 0.07 0 0 2,797 100
   Total 29,359 99.9 27 0.09 3 0.01 29,389 100
   Percent Females 9.5 7.4 0 9.5
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 19,026 99.8 37 0.19 10 0.05 19,073 100
   Females 4,945 99.8 5 0.10 4 0.08 4,954 100
   Total 23,971 99.8 42 0.17 14 0.06 24,027 100
   Percent Females 20.6 11.9 28.6 20.6
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 117,764 98.9 1,319 1.1 24 0.02 119,107 100
   Females 26,040 99.5 115 0.44 8 0.03 26,163 100
   Total 143,804 99.0 1,434 0.99 32 0.02 145,270 100
   Percent Females 18.1 8.0 25.0 18.0
                               
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                    
   Males 12,575,162 83.9 (2) (2) 2,408,274 16.1 14,983,437 100
   Females 12,839,655 86.5 (2) (2) 2,009,849 13.5 14,849,505 100
   Total 25,414,818 85.2 (2) (2) 4,418,124 14.8 29,832,941 100
   Percent Females 50.5 45.5 49.8
       
  1. 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.
  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 2014-September 2015 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).