| Subject field | 2000 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | 1987 | 1982 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | |
| Total | 26.2 | 0.20 | 25.3 | 0.17 | 24.3 | 0.14 | 23.6 | 0.12 | 23.1 | 0.16 | 21.8 | 0.11 |
| Academic courses | 19.1 | 0.15 | 18.5 | 0.14 | 17.8 | 0.09 | 16.9 | 0.10 | 16.0 | 0.14 | 14.5 | 0.10 |
| Mathematics | 3.7 | 0.03 | 3.5 | 0.03 | 3.4 | 0.02 | 3.2 | 0.03 | 3.1 | 0.03 | 2.6 | 0.02 |
| Science | 3.2 | 0.04 | 3.1 | 0.03 | 3.1 | 0.03 | 2.8 | 0.03 | 2.6 | 0.05 | 2.2 | 0.02 |
| English | 4.3 | 0.04 | 4.1 | 0.04 | 4.2 | 0.03 | 4.1 | 0.03 | 4.1 | 0.02 | 3.9 | 0.02 |
| Social Studies | 3.9 | 0.03 | 3.8 | 0.04 | 3.6 | 0.04 | 3.5 | 0.04 | 3.4 | 0.04 | 3.2 | 0.04 |
| Fine Arts | 2.0 | 0.05 | 1.9 | 0.08 | 1.6 | 0.04 | 1.5 | 0.04 | 1.4 | 0.05 | 1.4 | 0.03 |
| Foreign Languages | 2.1 | 0.04 | 2.0 | 0.04 | 1.8 | 0.03 | 1.7 | 0.04 | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1.1 | 0.03 |
| Computer-Related Studies1 | 0.8 | 0.03 | 0.7 | 0.03 | 0.6 | 0.02 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0.01 |
| Vocational courses | 3.8 | 0.13 | 3.6 | 0.09 | 3.7 | 0.08 | 3.9 | 0.07 | 4.2 | 0.09 | 4.4 | 0.04 |
| Consumer & Homemaking Education | 0.5 | 0.02 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 0.5 | 0.02 | 0.6 | 0.03 | 0.7 | 0.01 |
| General Labor Market Preparation | 0.7 | 0.03 | 0.6 | 0.03 | 0.7 | 0.02 | 0.8 | 0.02 | 0.9 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 0.02 |
| Specific Labor Market Preparation | 2.7 | 0.11 | 2.6 | 0.07 | 2.5 | 0.06 | 2.6 | 0.06 | 2.8 | 0.06 | 2.7 | 0.04 |
| Personal/other courses | 3.5 | 0.07 | 3.3 | 0.08 | 3.0 | 0.09 | 3.0 | 0.07 | 3.0 | 0.09 | 2.8 | 0.05 |
| General Skills | 0.5 | 0.03 | 0.5 | 0.03 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.01 |
| Personal Health & Physical Education | 2.2 | 0.06 | 2.3 | 0.07 | 2.2 | 0.06 | 2.3 | 0.06 | 2.2 | 0.08 | 2.3 | 0.05 |
| Religion | 0.3 | 0.06 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 0.2 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 0.2 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| Military Science | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.01 | # | † | 0.1 | 0.01 | # | † |
| Special Education2 | 0.4 | 0.03 | 0.3 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 0.01 | # | † |
| All Courses Other Than Above3 | 0.2 | 0.03 | # | † | # | † | # | † | # | † | # | † |
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
1 Credits earned in computer-related studies count towards either the Specific Labor Market Preparation or Mathematics subjects areas. For purposes of this table, computer-related studies were grouped together and listed under academic courses.
2 Some special education courses have also been counted in the academic course subjects due to changes in school subject taxonomy.
3 This subject area covers all courses that can not be classified in any academic, vocational, or personal/other course subject area.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000; High School and Beyond (HS&B), 1982.
