Chapter 7 - Education

Education

As shown in Table 7.2, almost 90 percent of USCG NPS accessions in FY 2002 were regular high school diploma graduates. The USCG accepted nearly 11 percent GED holders this year, but no applicants without education credentials were accepted for duty in the Coast Guard. For both the USCG and DoD as a whole, the overall percentage of accessions with high school credentials, either diplomas or GED certificates, was 99 percent, exceeding the comparable civilian group at 79 percent.

Table 7.2. Education Levels and AFQT Categories of FY 2002 USCG and DoD Active Component NPS Accessions and Civilians 18-24 Years Old (Percent)
Education Level	Coast Guard¹	DoD	18- to 24-Year-Old Civilians*
Tier 1: Regular High School Graduate or Higher	88.8	91.9	79.4
Tier 2: GED, Alternative Credentials	11.2	7.2	79.4
Tier 3: No Credentials	0.0	0.8	20.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
College Experience (Part of Tier 1)	4.7	8.5	46.7
Columns may not add to total due to rounding. * Civilian numbers/percentages for education combine Tiers 1 and 2; civilian data include GED certificates with high school graduate rates. ¹ U.S. Coast Guard education tier data from Coast Guard Recruiting Command. ² Service data from OUSD(P&R)(MPP)/Accession Policy have been reviewed and updated by the Services for official submission. Data presented in this table may differ slightly from the data shown in appendix tables that are taken from DMDC's USMEPCOM Edit File Also see Appendix Tables B-7 (NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Service, and Gender) and E-8 (Coast Guard NPS Active Component Enlisted Accessions by Education, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity).

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