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      Table 2.13. State course credit requirements for high school graduation, by state: 2018 Click for the newest version of this table.

      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
      Colorado 1,2	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
      Idaho 3	23.00	4.50	3.00	3.00	1.00	2.50
      Illinois	16.75	4.00	3.00	2.00	†	2.00
      Indiana 3	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
      Massachusetts 2	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
      Nebraska 3	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 Jersey 3	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
      Pennsylvania 2	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.