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                                |     |     |     |     |     |    Sex     |      Race/ethnicity
            Courses             |     |     |     |     |     |____________|_______________________________________
       (Carnegie credits)       |1982 |1987 |1990 |1994 |Total|Male |Female|White|Black|Hispanic| Asian/ |American
                                |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |        |Pacific | Indian/
                                |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |        |Islander| Alaskan
                                |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |        |        | Native
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               1                |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8   |  9  | 10  |   11   |   12   |   13
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         Mathematics\1\         |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |        |        |
                                |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |        |        |
Any mathematics (1.0) ..........|98.5 |99.0 |99.9 |99.8 |99.8 |99.8 | 99.8 |99.8 |99.9 |   99.8 |  100.0 |    99.7
  Algebra I (1.0)\2\ ...........|55.2 |58.8 |63.7 |65.8 |62.8 |62.0 | 63.6 |63.5 |62.3 |   61.4 |   56.8 |    63.3
  Geometry (1.0) ...............|47.1 |58.6 |63.2 |70.0 |75.1 |73.7 | 77.3 |77.7 |72.5 |   62.3 |   75.9 |    57.2
  Algebra II (0.5) \3\ .........|39.9 |49.0 |52.8 |61.1 |61.7 |59.8 | 63.7 |64.6 |55.6 |   48.3 |   70.1 |    46.6
  Trigonometry (0.5) ...........| 8.1 |11.5 | 9.6 |11.7 | 8.9 | 8.2 |  9.7 |10.0 | 4.8 |    5.6 |   11.7 |     5.5
  Analysis/pre-calculus (0.5)...| 6.2 |12.8 |13.3 |17.3 |23.1 |23.1 | 22.8 |25.0 |13.8 |   15.3 |   41.3 |    16.4
  Statistics/probability (0.5) .| 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 |  3.9 | 4.3 | 2.1 |    1.7 |    3.8 |     3.7
  Calculus (1.0) ...............| 5.0 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 9.3 |11.0 |11.2 | 10.6 |12.1 | 6.6 |    6.2 |   18.4 |     6.2
  AP calculus (1.0) ............| 1.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 7.3 |  6.4 | 7.5 | 3.4 |    3.7 |   13.4 |     0.6
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            Science             |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |        |        |
                                |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |        |        |
Any science (1.0) ..............|96.4 |97.8 |99.3 |99.5 |99.5 |99.5 | 99.6 |99.5 |99.3 |   99.3 |   99.4 |    99.4
  Biology (1.0) ................|77.4 |86.0 |91.0 |93.2 |92.7 |91.4 | 94.1 |93.7 |92.8 |   86.5 |   92.9 |    91.3
  AP/honors biology (1.0) ......|10.0 | 9.4 |10.1 |11.9 |16.2 |14.5 | 18.0 |16.7 |15.4 |   12.6 |   22.2 |     6.0
  Chemistry (1.0) ..............|32.1 |44.2 |48.9 |55.8 |60.4 |57.1 | 63.5 |63.2 |54.3 |   46.1 |   72.4 |    46.9
  AP/honors chemistry (1.0) ....| 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.9 |  4.7 | 4.8 | 3.5 |    4.0 |   10.9 |     0.9
  Physics (1.0) ................|15.0 |20.0 |21.6 |24.5 |28.8 |31.7 | 26.2 |30.7 |21.4 |   18.9 |   46.4 |    16.2
  AP/honors physics (1.0) ......| 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.0 |  2.1 | 3.0 | 2.1 |    2.1 |    7.6 |     0.9
  Engineering (1.0) ............| 1.2 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 7.1 |  6.5 | 7.9 | 4.8 |    2.3 |    5.2 |     9.6
  Astronomy (0.5) ..............| 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 |  1.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 |    0.8 |    1.0 |     2.1
  Geology/earth science (0.5) ..|13.6 |13.4 |24.7 |22.9 |20.7 |21.5 | 20.1 |21.5 |24.2 |   15.9 |    9.5 |    21.7
  Biology and chemistry (2.0) ..|29.3 |41.4 |47.5 |53.7 |59.0 |55.4 | 62.3 |62.0 |53.0 |   43.7 |   69.5 |    43.2
  Biology, chemistry, and       |     |     |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |        |        |
   physics (3.0) ...............|11.2 |16.6 |18.8 |21.4 |25.4 |27.4 | 23.7 |27.6 |17.4 |   15.9 |   40.2 |    14.2
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "High School and Beyond," First Followup survey; "1990 High School Transcript Study," "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Second Followup survey; "1994 High School Transcript Study;" and "1998 High School Transcript Study." (This table was prepared February 2000.)