Table B-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY16: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER1        
TIER 1   TIER 2   TIER 3   TOTAL
GENDER    #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %
ARMY                              
   Males 46,466 95.67 2,096 4.32 9 0.02 48,571 100
   Females 9,948 98.28 172 1.70 2 0.02 10,122 100
   Total 56,414 96.12 2,268 3.86 11 0.02 58,693 100
   Percent Females 17.63 7.58 18.18 17.25
NAVY                              
   Males 22,819 99.14 192 0.83 5 0.02 23,016 100
   Females 7,416 99.29 52 0.70 1 0.01 7,469 100
   Total 30,235 99.18 244 0.80 6 0.02 30,485 100
   Percent Females 24.53 21.31 16.67 24.50
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 27,188 99.87 25 0.09 11 0.04 27,224 100
   Females 3,055 99.87 2 0.07 2 0.07 3,059 100
   Total 30,243 99.87 27 0.09 13 0.04 30,283 100
   Percent Females 10.10 7.41 15.38 10.10
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 24,763 99.70 59 0.24 16 0.06 24,838 100
   Females 7,071 99.72 16 0.23 4 0.06 7,091 100
   Total 31,834 99.70 75 0.23 20 0.06 31,929 100
   Percent Females 22.21 21.33 20.00 22.21
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 121,236 98.05 2,372 1.92 41 0.03 123,649 100
   Females 27,490 99.10 242 0.87 9 0.03 27,741 100
   Total 148,726 98.24 2,614 1.73 50 0.03 151,390 100
   Percent Females 18.48 9.26 18.00 18.32
                               
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                    
   Males 12,455,116 83.59 (2) (2) 2,445,435 16.41 14,900,551 100
   Females 12,719,067 86.56 (2) (2) 1,975,038 13.44 14,694,105 100
   Total 25,174,182 85.06 (2) (2) 4,420,474 14.94 29,594,656 100
   Percent Females 50.52 44.68 49.65
       
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 learning and adult or alternative schools.  Tier 2 indicates alternate high school credentials, such as the General Educational Development (GED) certificate.  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 2015-September 2016 average.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).