Table 13b. Percentage of high school graduates who completed selected science courses in high school, by race/ethnicity: 1998, 2000, and 2005

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Table 13b.

Percentage of high school graduates who completed selected science courses in high school, by race/ethnicity: 1998, 2000, and 2005

Year and race/ethnicity	Biology		Chemistry	Physics	Biology and chemistry	Biology, chemistry, and physics
		1998
		Total					92.7	60.4	28.8	59.0	25.4
White	93.7		63.2	30.7	62.0	27.6
Black	92.8		54.3	21.4	53.0	17.4
Hispanic	86.5		46.1	18.9	43.7	15.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	92.9		72.4	46.4	69.5	40.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	91.3		46.9	16.2	43.2	14.2

2000
Total	91.2		62.0	31.4	59.4	25.1
White	91.8		63.0	32.4	60.3	25.7
Black	92.3		59.9	25.2	58.0	20.1
Hispanic	89.7		52.4	23.2	50.4	17.6
Asian/Pacific Islander	88.3		75.4	54.0	71.1	47.2
American Indian/Alaska Native	88.4		43.6	17.5	39.4	11.9

2005
Total	92.3		66.2	32.7	64.3	27.3
White	92.6		67.1	34.6	65.3	29.0
Black	93.6		63.6	25.8	62.0	21.3
Hispanic	89.1		59.2	23.3	57.2	18.9
Asian/Pacific Islander	92.1		79.4	49.9	75.5	42.8
American Indian/Alaska Native	92.1		49.3	18.2	48.0	14.1
NOTE: These data only report the percentage of students who earned credit for each course while in high school and do not count those students who took these courses before entering high school. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), 1998, 2000, and 2005.