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                                        |         |        |         |         |        Sex        |                    Race/ethnicity
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               (credits)                |  1982   |  1987  |  1990   |  Total  |   Men   |  Women  |  White  |  Black  |Hispanic | Asian/  |American
                                        |         |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         | Pacific | Indian/
                                        |         |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |Islander | Alaskan
                                        |         |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         | Native
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             Mathematics\1\             |         |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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Any mathematics (1.0) ..................|    98.5 |   98.9 |    99.6 |    99.6 |    99.5 |    99.6 |    99.6 |    99.3 |    99.2 |   100.0 |    98.9
  Algebra I (1.0) ......................|    53.9 |   64.0 |    64.2 |    66.4 |    64.7 |    68.1 |    67.5 |    65.0 |    70.7 |    61.7 |    58.7
  Geometry (1.0) .......................|    45.5 |   59.7 |    63.4 |    70.4 |    68.3 |    72.4 |    72.7 |    58.1 |    69.4 |    75.8 |    60.0
  Algebra II (0.5) .....................|    32.2 |   48.6 |    51.7 |    58.6 |    55.4 |    61.6 |    61.6 |    43.7 |    51.0 |    66.6 |    39.2
  Trigonometry (0.5) ...................|    12.1 |   18.6 |    18.2 |    17.2 |    16.6 |    17.8 |    18.6 |    13.6 |     9.8 |    25.3 |     6.7
  Analysis/pre-calculus (0.5)...........|     5.9 |   12.6 |    13.4 |    17.3 |    16.3 |    18.2 |    18.2 |     9.8 |    13.9 |    33.9 |     8.7
  Statistics/probability (0.5) .........|     1.0 |    1.3 |     1.0 |     2.0 |     2.0 |     2.1 |     2.3 |     1.7 |     1.0 |     1.1 |     1.2
  Calculus (1.0) .......................|     4.6 |    6.0 |     6.5 |     9.2 |     9.4 |     9.1 |     9.6 |     3.8 |     6.0 |    23.4 |     3.8
  AP calculus (1.0) ....................|     1.5 |    3.2 |     4.1 |     7.0 |     7.2 |     6.8 |     7.3 |     2.0 |     4.6 |    21.0 |     2.2
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                Science                 |         |        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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Any science (1.0) ......................|    96.6 |   98.7 |    99.4 |    99.5 |    99.3 |    99.8 |    99.7 |    99.5 |    99.3 |    99.3 |    99.7
  Biology (1.0) ........................|    76.4 |   87.8 |    91.3 |    93.5 |    92.3 |    94.7 |    94.4 |    91.3 |    94.0 |    90.9 |    91.2
  AP/honors biology (1.0) ..............|     6.6 |    2.7 |     4.9 |     4.6 |     4.0 |     5.1 |     4.6 |     2.7 |     3.3 |     8.3 |     1.7
  Chemistry (1.0) ......................|    30.9 |   43.7 |    49.0 |    56.0 |    53.2 |    58.7 |    58.5 |    43.8 |    46.5 |    69.3 |    41.3
  AP/honors chemistry (1.0) ............|     2.9 |    3.3 |     3.5 |     3.9 |     4.1 |     3.7 |     4.3 |     2.1 |     2.5 |     7.7 |     0.6
  Physics (1.0) ........................|    14.2 |   19.2 |    21.5 |    24.4 |    26.9 |    22.0 |    26.1 |    14.7 |    16.0 |    42.3 |    10.3
  AP/honors physics (1.0) ..............|     1.0 |    1.6 |     2.0 |     2.4 |     3.0 |     1.8 |     2.5 |     1.4 |     1.8 |     6.0 |     0.3
  Engineering (1.0) ....................|     0.1 |    0.1 |     0.1 |     0.3 |     0.4 |     0.2 |     0.2 |     0.4 |     0.1 |     1.0 |     ---
  Astronomy (0.5) ......................|     1.1 |    1.0 |     1.2 |     1.7 |     2.0 |     1.5 |     2.0 |     0.6 |     0.4 |     0.8 |     2.2
  Geology/earth science (0.5) ..........|    13.2 |   14.5 |    24.8 |    23.0 |    22.8 |    23.2 |    23.8 |    23.3 |    15.3 |    16.7 |    23.2
  Biology and chemistry (2.0) ..........|    28.1 |   42.1 |    47.6 |    53.8 |    50.9 |    56.6 |    56.4 |    42.2 |    45.1 |    64.8 |    39.6
  Biology, chemistry, and physics (3.0) |    10.6 |   16.4 |    18.8 |    21.3 |    23.1 |    19.6 |    22.7 |    13.0 |    13.4 |    37.2 |     8.0
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress, The 1994 High School Transcript Study Tabulations: Comparative Data on Credits Earned and Demographics for 1994, 1990, 1987, and 1982 High School Graduates, 1996. (This table was prepared September 1996.)