Table B-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY17: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER1        
TIER 1   TIER 2   TIER 3   TOTAL
GENDER    #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %
ARMY                              
   Males 49,375 95.31 2,423 4.68 8 0.02 51,806 100
   Females 10,255 98.42 164 1.57 1 0.01 10,420 100
   Total 59,630 95.83 2,587 4.16 9 0.01 62,226 100
   Percent Females 17.20 6.34 11.11 16.75
NAVY                              
   Males 25,667 98.62 349 1.34 10 0.04 26,026 100
   Females 8,848 99.06 78 0.87 6 0.07 8,932 100
   Total 34,515 98.73 427 1.22 16 0.05 34,958 100
   Percent Females 25.64 18.27 37.50 25.55
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 28,489 99.81 45 0.16 8 0.03 28,542 100
   Females 3,207 99.81 6 0.19 0 0 3,213 100
   Total 31,696 99.81 51 0.16 8 0.03 31,755 100
   Percent Females 10.12 11.76 0 10.12
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 23,438 99.60 81 0.34 13 0.06 23,532 100
   Females 7,092 99.72 14 0.20 6 0.08 7,112 100
   Total 30,530 99.63 95 0.31 19 0.06 30,644 100
   Percent Females 23.23 14.74 31.58 23.21
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 126,969 97.74 2,898 2.23 39 0.03 129,906 100
   Females 29,402 99.07 262 0.88 13 0.04 29,677 100
   Total 156,371 97.99 3,160 1.98 52 0.03 159,583 100
   Percent Females 18.80 8.29 25.00 18.60
                               
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                    
   Males 12,382,438 83.89 (2) (2) 2,377,963 16.11 14,760,401 100
   Females 12,710,617 87.49 (2) (2) 1,817,374 12.51 14,527,990 100
   Total 25,093,055 85.68 (2) (2) 4,195,336 14.32 29,288,391 100
   Percent Females 50.65 43.32 49.60
       
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 2016-September 2017 average.  The military data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2016 through 30 September 2017.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).