Currently only 0.3% of those fit for military service (Estimated at around 120,000,000 people) in the United States are in the Army (approx 550,000.
Since the Army requires at least a high school diploma or GED in order to enlist or must be earned during service, around 100% have a high school diploma or equivalent.
America's high schools can possibly graduate approximately 4 million students per year, but the success rate is only around 70%, graduating around 2.9 million per year.
Of those students, less than 1,800 will enlist in the Army annually which is approximately 0.0039% of high school graduates per year.
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The percent of high school graduates who join the Marine Corps is 0.3% out of the ones that are considered fit for duty. Less than 1,800 people end up enlisting in the army.
71 percent
around 57%
"70.1 percent of 2009 high school graduates were enrolled in colleges or universities." from http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm Of t"Of The 2.9 million youth age 16 to 24 who graduated from high school in January through October 2009, 2.1 million (70.1 percent) were enrolled in college in October 2009. The college enrollment rate of recent high school graduates has been trending up; in October 2008, 68.6 percent of recent high school graduates were enrolled in college. For 2009 graduates, the college enrollment rate was 73.8 percent for young women and 66.0 percent for young men. The college en- rollment rate of 2009 Asian graduates (92.2 percent) was higher than for recent white (69.2 percent), black (68.7 percent), and Hispanic (59.3 percent) grad- uates. "
71% A++
Most high school graduates are eligible to enlist in the Army. It takes no special training or degrees although they may help you get promoted faster into higher ranks.
Well, contradictory question. While the US Army will accept 17-year-olds with parental concent, they do not accept non-graduates. You must have a high school diploma.
71.1 % of Filipino high school graduates attend college.
High School, Junior College or college graduates?
High School, Junior College or college graduates?
In that sentence, "graduates" is the simple subject because High School is describing them.
the percent of people going to college in the United States is about 2.5.