Table B-26.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY17: by Service and Education
  SERVICE
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
EDUCATION            #          %         #        %          #          %        #           %           #            %
Officer Gains1    
Males and Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 590 8.74 2 0.05 52 3.06 287 6.35 931 5.49
4-year college graduate 5,093 75.43 16 0.40 1,598 94.06 1,170 25.90 7,877 46.44
Greater than 4-year college graduate 898 13.30 17 0.43 34 2.00 356 7.88 1,305 7.69
Unknown 171 2.53 3,959 99.12 15 0.88 2,705 59.87 6,850 40.38
TOTAL 6,752 100   3,994 100   1,699 100   4,518 100   16,963 100
Males
Less than 4-year college graduate 474 7.02 1 0.03 48 2.83 214 4.74 737 4.34
4-year college graduate 4,043 59.88 14 0.35 1,450 85.34 917 20.30 6,424 37.87
Greater than 4-year college graduate 622 9.21 11 0.28 25 1.47 258 5.71 916 5.40
Unknown 141 2.09 2,963 74.19 15 0.88 1,919 42.47 5,038 29.70
TOTAL 5,280 78.20   2,989 74.84   1,538 90.52   3,308 73.22   13,115 77.32
Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 116 1.72 1 0.03 4 0.24 73 1.62 194 1.14
4-year college graduate 1,050 15.55 2 0.05 148 8.71 253 5.60 1,453 8.57
Greater than 4-year college graduate 276 4.09 6 0.15 9 0.53 98 2.17 389 2.29
Unknown 30 0.44 996 24.94 0 0 786 17.40 1,812 10.68
TOTAL 1,472 21.80   1,005 25.16   161 9.48   1,210 26.78   3,848 22.68
  SERVICE
ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
EDUCATION            #          %         #        %          #          %        #           %           #            %
Officer Corps 2
Males and Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 1,087 1.40 631 1.20 1,146 6.02 282 0.46 3,146 1.49
4-year college graduate 41,751 53.70 15,183 28.77 13,554 71.15 23,701 38.48 94,189 44.60
Greater than 4-year college graduate 34,734 44.67 19,854 37.62 3,604 18.92 35,735 58.01 93,927 44.48
Unknown 183 0.24 17,108 32.42 745 3.91 1,879 3.05 19,915 9.43
TOTAL 77,755 100   52,776 100   19,049 100   61,597 100   211,177 100
Males
Less than 4-year college graduate 885 1.14 556 1.05 1,024 5.38 194 0.31 2,659 1.26
4-year college graduate 34,329 44.15 12,038 22.81 12,556 65.91 18,765 30.46 77,688 36.79
Greater than 4-year college graduate 27,866 35.84 16,622 31.50 3,333 17.50 28,458 46.20 76,279 36.12
Unknown 143 0.18 13,617 25.80 667 3.50 1,259 2.04 15,686 7.43
TOTAL 63,223 81.31   42,833 81.16   17,580 92.29   48,676 79.02   172,312 81.60
Females
Less than 4-year college graduate 202 0.26 75 0.14 122 0.64 88 0.14 487 0.23
4-year college graduate 7,422 9.55 3,145 5.96 998 5.24 4,936 8.01 16,501 7.81
Greater than 4-year college graduate 6,868 8.83 3,232 6.12 271 1.42 7,277 11.81 17,648 8.36
Unknown 40 0.05 3,491 6.61 78 0.41 620 1.01 4,229 2.00
TOTAL 14,532 18.69   9,943 18.84   1,469 7.71   12,921 20.98   38,865 18.40
     
1. Officer gains reflect an addition to the officer ranks between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017.  This addition can reflect a new accession, a movement from another component, or the return of the officer to the same component.  The OSD definition of an officer gain is a transaction in a database that reflects the addition of an SSN that was not in the previous file.
2. Officer corps reflects commissioned officers serving as of 30 September 2017.
Note: The data from the Services used to populate the "Gains" portion of this table appear to be inaccurate and are not reliable.  Efforts are underway to improve the quality and accuracy of the data in the future.  The data referencing the education level of the Officer Corps appear to be accurate and are to be considered a reliable data source for this topic.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).