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Table 3.3. State course credit requirements for high school graduation, by state: 2018

State Total credits English Math Science Arts Social Studies
Alabama 24.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00
Alaska 21.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 3.00
Arizona 22.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.00
Arkansas 22.00 4.50 4.00 3.00 0.50 3.00
California 13.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 3.00
             
Colorado1,2 LD LD LD LD LD LD
Connecticut 20.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 3.00
Delaware 24.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.00
District of Columbia 24.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 1.00 4.00
Florida 24.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.00
             
Georgia 23.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.00
Hawaii 24.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 4.00
Idaho3 23.00 4.50 3.00 3.00 1.00 2.50
Illinois 16.75 4.00 3.00 2.00 2.00
Indiana3 20.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
             
Iowa 14.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Kansas 21.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
Kentucky 22.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
Louisiana 23.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.00
Maine 11.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 2.00
             
Maryland 21.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
Massachusetts2 LD LD LD LD LD LD
Michigan 18.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
Minnesota 21.50 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.50
Mississippi 24.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 1.00 4.00
             
Missouri 24.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
Montana 20.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 2.00
Nebraska3 20.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Nevada 22.50 4.00 3.00 2.00 2.00
New Hampshire 20.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 0.50 2.50
             
New Jersey3 24.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 4.50
New Mexico 24.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.50
New York 22.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 4.00
North Carolina 22.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 4.00
North Dakota 22.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
             
Ohio 20.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.00
Oklahoma 23.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
Oregon 24.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Pennsylvania2 LD LD LD LD LD LD
Rhode Island 20.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.00
             
South Carolina 24.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 3.00
South Dakota 22.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.50
Tennessee 22.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 1.00 3.50
Texas 22.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
Utah 24.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.50 3.50
             
Vermont 20.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 1.00 3.00
Virginia 22.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 4.00
Washington 20.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 3.00
West Virginia 24.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 1.00 4.00
Wisconsin 23.50 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Wyoming 13.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
† Not applicable.
1 Colorado state law requires satisfactory completion of a Civics/Government course that encompasses information on both the United States and State of Colorado.
2 LD = Graduation course requirements are locally determined. Thus, the units required by subject and total number of units are not comparable to other states.
3 Idaho, Indiana, Nebraska, and New Jersey define units of credit differently than most states. For the purposes of comparison, the number of units required by subject and the total number of units has been adjusted to align better with how the majority of states define units of credit (i.e., Carnegie units where one unit equates to a year of instruction).
NOTE: The data included in this table reflect the requirements of the default degree option for each state and the District of Columbia. States define diplomas and graduation requirements differently and may offer one diploma, multiple diplomas, multiple courses of study leading to one diploma, or endorsements students may earn in addition to a standard diploma. Total includes required course work in other disciplines not separately shown.
SOURCE: Achieve, Graduating Ready Data Explorer, retrieved December 31, 2018 from https://highschool.achieve.org/data-explorer. Data Source.