Table C-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Selected Reserve Enlisted Gains, FY15: by Education Tier, Component, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER      
TIER 11 TIER 2 TIER 3 TOTAL
GENDER #      %        #      %        #      %        #      %     
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 25,223 95.1 1,173 4.4 126 0.48 26,522 100
   Females 7,521 94.4 405 5.1 40 0.50 7,966 100
   Total 32,744 94.9 1,578 4.6 166 0.48 34,488 100
   Percent Females 23.0 25.7 24.1 23.1
ARMY RESERVE                      
   Males 8,468 90.6 629 6.7 246 2.63 9,343 100
   Females 3,395 91.8 244 6.60 60 1.62 3,699 100
   Total 11,863 91.0 873 6.7 306 2.35 13,042 100
   Percent Females 28.6 27.9 19.6 28.4
NAVAL RESERVE                      
   Males 878 93.2 52 5.5 12 1.27 942 100
   Females 277 92.6 19 6.35 3 1 299 100
   Total 1,155 93.1 71 5.7 15 1.21 1,241 100
   Percent Females 24.0 26.8 20 24.1
MARINE CORPS RESERVE                      
   Males 5,120 98.5 77 1.5 3 0 5,200 100
   Females 167 97.7 4 2.34 0 0 171 100
   Total 5,287 98.4 81 1.5 3 0 5,371 100
   Percent Females 3.2 4.9 0.0 3.2
AIR NATIONAL GUARD                      
   Males 3,222 98.5 47 1.4 3 0.09 3,272 100
   Females 1,220 98.1 22 1.8 2 0.16 1,244 100
   Total 4,442 98.4 69 1.5 5 0.11 4,516 100
   Percent Females 27.5 31.9 40.0 27.5
AIR FORCE RESERVE                      
   Males 1,551 99.7 3 0.19 1 0 1,555 100
   Females 834 100 0 0 1 0 835 100
   Total 2,385 99.8 3 0.13 2 0 2,390 100
   Percent Females 35.0 0 50.0 34.9
TOTAL DoD                      
   Males 44,462 94.9 1,981 4.2 391 0.83 46,834 100
   Females 13,414 94.4 694 4.9 106 0.75 14,214 100
   Total 57,876 94.8 2,675 4.4 497 0.81 61,048 100
   Percent Females 23.2 25.9 21.3 23.3
                       
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 NA 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 numbers and percentages combine Tier 1 and Tier 2.
      Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.  Data omits 0 males and 0 females with unknown education.
      Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of  Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, noninstitutional, October 2014-September 2015 average.
      Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).