Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Actions Needed to Better Monitor Diversity Progress
Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Actions Needed to Better Monitor Diversity Progress
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs are DOD's largest source of military officers. As such, ROTC programs can help cultivate diversity in...
GAO-23-105857
Published: Aug 24, 2023 . Publicly Released: Aug 24, 2023 .
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs are DOD's largest source of military officers. As such, ROTC programs can help cultivate diversity in the military. The population of military officers from ROTC programs became more diverse by race, ethnicity, and gender from academic years 2011-2021. For example, the percentage of officers who were White men decreased by 9.4%, while the populations of Blacks or African Americans...
Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps: Actions Needed to Better Monitor Diversity Progress
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs are DOD's largest source of military officers. As such, ROTC programs can help cultivate diversity in...
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Table 1: U.S. States and Territories with Highest and Lowest Number of Schools with at Least One or No Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Unit of Any Type
State/territory
Number of schools with at least one ROTC unit of any type
California
154
New York
123
Pennsylvania
97
Texas
75
Ohio
57