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2000 High School Transcript Study Tabulations Report
Table 52-M.Number and percentage of high school graduates earning course credits in all secondary subjects, by Classification of Secondary School Courses (CSSC) code: Selected years 1982–2000 (Religion)
| CSSC code | Course title | High school graduation year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | 1987 | 1982 | ||
| ALL RELIGION COURSES | |||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 269,440 | 263,942 | 191,834 | 237,936 | 273,346 | 284,651 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 9.10 | 9.22 | 7.98 | 8.64 | 8.83 | 10.07 | |
| 380200 | RELIGION, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 1,126 | 209 | 16,894 | 4,163 | 5,640 | 101,118 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.70 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 3.58 | |
| 380201 | CATHOLICISM, FOUNDATIONS | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 123,129 | 53,900 | 88,135 | 80,999 | 98,443 | 41,795 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 4.16 | 1.88 | 3.67 | 2.94 | 3.18 | 1.48 | |
| 380202 | WHO IS JESUS | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 59,514 | 45,721 | 21,073 | 30,818 | 80,519 | 62,881 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 2.01 | 1.60 | 0.88 | 1.12 | 2.60 | 2.22 | |
| 380203 | SCRIPTURE | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 141,086 | 193,664 | 153,851 | 149,204 | 216,530 | 125,587 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 4.76 | 6.77 | 6.40 | 5.42 | 6.99 | 4.44 | |
| 380204 | MORAL ISSUES, SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 165,988 | 141,671 | 98,352 | 128,438 | 165,133 | 87,235 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 5.60 | 4.95 | 4.09 | 4.66 | 5.33 | 3.09 | |
| 380205 | MARRIAGE, LIFE CHOICES IN CHRISTIAN LIVING | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 130,048 | 54,999 | 50,500 | 84,497 | 138,512 | 89,021 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 4.39 | 1.92 | 2.10 | 3.07 | 4.47 | 3.15 | |
| 380206 | COMPARATIVE RELIGION | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 40,176 | 53,974 | 19,925 | 25,404 | 27,861 | 32,813 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 1.36 | 1.89 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 1.16 | |
| 380207 | SACRAMENTS | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 51,191 | 22,602 | 27,693 | 47,316 | 27,631 | 27,963 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 1.73 | 0.79 | 1.15 | 1.72 | 0.89 | 0.99 | |
| 380208 | EASTERN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | 38 | 107 | — | — | 992 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | # | # | — | — | 0.04 | |
| 380209 | RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 6,710 | 3,112 | — | 4,696 | — | 12,153 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.23 | 0.11 | — | 0.17 | — | 0.43 | |
| 380210 | WESTERN RELIGIONS | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 254 | 19,844 | 107 | 1,396 | — | 2,532 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.01 | 0.69 | # | 0.05 | — | 0.09 | |
| 380211 | RELIGION AND LITERATURE | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 1,674 | 603 | — | 926 | 1,086 | 9,808 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.06 | 0.02 | — | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.35 | |
| 380212 | RELIGION, INTRODUCTION | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 89,857 | 33,232 | 52,039 | 61,545 | 94,210 | 46,624 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 3.03 | 1.16 | 2.17 | 2.23 | 3.04 | 1.65 | |
| 380213 | PRAYER AND LITURGY | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 8,725 | 19,667 | 5,622 | 9,734 | 5,586 | 14,861 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.29 | 0.69 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 0.18 | 0.53 | |
| 380214 | JUDAISM, FOUNDATIONS | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | 296 | 998 | 2,595 | 2,935 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.09 | — | |
| 380215 | PROTESTANTISM, FOUNDATIONS | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 1,289 | 5,683 | 2,994 | 13,404 | 1,618 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.49 | 0.05 | — | |
| 380216 | RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | 114 | — | — | 1,394 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | # | — | — | 0.05 | — | |
| 380217 | ISLAM AND THE KORAN | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 201 | 16 | 198 | 424 | 128 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.01 | # | 0.01 | 0.02 | # | — | |
| 389900 | PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 143 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | — | — | — | 0.01 | |
| 390100 | BIBLICAL LANGUAGES, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | — | — | — | # | |
| 390200 | BIBLE STUDIES, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 713 | — | 11,778 | 145 | — | 4,063 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.02 | — | 0.49 | 0.01 | — | 0.14 | |
| 390300 | MISSIONARY STUDIES, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | — | 440 | — | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | — | 0.02 | — | — | |
| 390400 | RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | — | 5,644 | 10,369 | 11,467 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | — | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.41 | |
| 390500 | RELIGIOUS MUSIC, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 334 | 286 | — | — | 3,035 | — | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.01 | 0.01 | — | — | 0.10 | — | |
| 390600 | THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 820 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | — | — | — | 0.03 | |
| 390611 | THEOLOGICAL STUDIES | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | 770 | 9,519 | 4,689 | 1,938 | 1,610 | 8,996 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.32 | |
| 399900 | THEOLOGY, OTHER | ||||||
| Number of graduates earning credits > 0 | — | — | 3,810 | 4,914 | 5,263 | 12,048 | |
| Percentage of graduates nationwide | — | — | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.43 | |
— Data not available.
# Rounds to zero.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000; High School and Beyond (HS&B), 1982.
Last updated 2 December 2005 (HM)