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Gender: Credits Earned

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Total Credits
Course Types
Core Academic Courses

 Both male and female graduates on average earned more credits in 2009 than in all previous years. Female graduates earned more credits than male graduates in 2009.

Trend in average credits earned, by gender: 1990-2009
Gender 1990 1994 1998 2000 2005 2009
Average credits earned Standard error Average credits earned Standard error Average credits earned Standard error Average credits earned Standard error Average credits earned Standard error Average credits earned Standard error
Male 23.4 * (0.12) 24.2 * (0.16) 25.1 * (0.18) 26.0 * (0.21) 26.6 * (0.10) 27.0   (0.10)
Female 23.8 * (0.13) 24.4 * (0.14) 25.4 * (0.17) 26.3 * (0.21) 27.1 * (0.10) 27.3   (0.10)
 

* Significantly different (p<.05) from 2009.

NOTE: Credit gaps are calculated based on differences between unrounded average credits. Male-Female credit gaps were found to be statistically significant in all years.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), various years, 1990-2009.

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