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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report
Table 30-G.Percentage of high school graduates who earned various numbers of course credits and mean number of earned course credits, by subject field and selected school and student demographic characteristics: 2000 (Computer-Related Studies)
| Characteristic | Number of credits earned | Mean course credits earned | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0.01–0.5 | 0.51–1 | 1.01–2 | 2.01–3 | 3.01–4 | 4.01–5 | 5.01–6 | More than 6 | ||
| Computer-Related Studies | 33.4 | 20.9 | 24.5 | 14.9 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Student gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 31.1 | 19.3 | 25.0 | 16.3 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Female | 35.5 | 22.3 | 24.0 | 13.7 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Student race/ethnicity1 | ||||||||||
| White | 33.8 | 22.2 | 24.1 | 13.9 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Black | 33.8 | 19.5 | 23.3 | 16.9 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| Hispanic | 31.2 | 16.2 | 28.6 | 16.9 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 33.2 | 20.7 | 23.8 | 14.1 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| American Indian | 32.6 | 15.4 | 26.3 | 16.2 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | # | 1.0 |
| Student program | ||||||||||
| Academic | 33.9 | 22.7 | 25.5 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | # | # | 0.7 |
| Vocational | 40.9 | 20.0 | 17.9 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Both | 28.4 | 13.6 | 23.4 | 17.5 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Neither | 41.7 | 25.0 | 19.1 | 11.9 | 2.1 | 0.2 | # | # | # | 0.6 |
| Community type | ||||||||||
| Urban | 34.1 | 19.5 | 24.5 | 15.8 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Suburban | 36.8 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 12.7 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Rural | 25.9 | 18.2 | 28.3 | 18.5 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| School type | ||||||||||
| Public | 34.6 | 19.5 | 24.4 | 14.9 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| Nonpublic | 20.9 | 35.6 | 25.9 | 15.3 | 2.1 | 0.1 | # | 0.1 | # | 0.7 |
| Region of the country2 | ||||||||||
| Northeast | 41.5 | 15.4 | 22.9 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| South | 29.6 | 16.4 | 29.3 | 17.2 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Midwest | 27.8 | 30.2 | 22.1 | 13.8 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| West | 39.9 | 21.6 | 20.5 | 12.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
# Rounds to zero.
1 American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.
2 "Region of the country" refers to the Census-defined regions. For more information about Census-defined regions, see the U.S. Census Bureau online publication "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf [1.1M PDF]).
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), 2000.
Last updated 21 May 2007 (MH)
