# Education and military officers

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 14, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/education-and-military-officers/725115 "2015-07-14T03:50:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/education-and-military-officers/725115/1 "2015-07-14T03:50:38Z")

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While reading about officer training schools (the ones that train enlisted military to be officers), it surprised me that they require candidates to have bachelor’s degrees. So it got me wondering:  
–Why? Doesn’t that exclude a lot of high quality potential officers?  
–When did this requirement start?  
–Is there any way enlisted men without college education could become officers?

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