Table B-6.  Non-Prior Service (NPS) Active Component Enlisted Accessions, FY18: by Education, Service, and Gender with Civilian Comparison Group
  EDUCATION TIER1        
TIER 1   TIER 2   TIER 3   TOTAL
GENDER    #    %      #    %      #    %      #    %
ARMY                              
   Males 49,753 94.44 2,927 5.56 3 0.01 52,683 100
   Females 10,603 97.85 232 2.14 1 0.01 10,836 100
   Total 60,356 95.02 3,159 4.97 4 0.01 63,519 100
   Percent Females 17.57 7.34 25.00 17.06
NAVY                              
   Males 28,598 97.58 701 2.39 9 0.03 29,308 100
   Females 9,327 98.76 113 1.20 4 0.04 9,444 100
   Total 37,925 97.87 814 2.10 13 0.03 38,752 100
   Percent Females 24.59 13.88 30.77 24.37
MARINE CORPS                              
   Males 27,936 99.67 88 0.31 5 0.02 28,029 100
   Females 3,276 99.85 5 0.15 0 0 3,281 100
   Total 31,212 99.69 93 0.30 5 0.02 31,310 100
   Percent Females 10.50 5.38 0 10.48
AIR FORCE                              
   Males 22,670 99.46 102 0.45 20 0.09 22,792 100
   Females 7,177 99.56 23 0.32 9 0.12 7,209 100
   Total 29,847 99.49 125 0.42 29 0.10 30,001 100
   Percent Females 24.05 18.40 31.03 24.03
TOTAL DoD                              
   Males 128,957 97.10 3,818 2.87 37 0.03 132,812 100
   Females 30,383 98.74 373 1.21 14 0.05 30,770 100
   Total 159,340 97.41 4,191 2.56 51 0.03 163,582 100
   Percent Females 19.07 8.90 27.45 18.81
                               
CIVILIAN POPULATION, 18-24 YEARS-OLD                    
   Males 12,351,671 84.49 (2) (2) 2,266,977 15.51 14,618,648 100
   Females 12,591,101 86.92 (2) (2) 1,894,975 13.08 14,486,076 100
   Total 24,942,772 85.70 (2) (2) 4,161,953 14.30 29,104,724 100
   Percent Females 50.48 45.53 49.77
       
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 2017-September 2018 average.  The military data in this table reflect NPS accessions from 1 October 2017 through 30 September 2018.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).