Percent of 4-year college students who completed key mathematics courses, in two age cohorts
| Text table 3-10. Percent of 4-year college students who completed key mathematics courses, in two age cohorts |
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| Course, gender, and race/ethnicity | |
1972–1984 Cohort | |
1982–1993 Cohort |
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| College algebra | |
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| Men | 19.8 | 26.7 | ||
| Women | 12.9 | 24.9 | ||
| White | 16.8 | 26.1 | ||
| Asian | Small sample 1 | 16.5 | ||
| Black | 17.1 | 26.1 | ||
| Hispanic | 18.3 | 21.5 | ||
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| Precalculus | |
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| Men | 22.3 | 26.5 | ||
| Women | 11.6 | 17.9 | ||
| White | 17.8 | 21.7 | ||
| Asian | 32.3 | 48.7 | ||
| Black | 12.1 | 22.1 | ||
| Hispanic | 12.4 | 15.5 | ||
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| Statistics 2 | |
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| Men | 22.7 | 27.4 | ||
| Women | 17.1 | 24.7 | ||
| White | 20.4 | 26.9 | ||
| Asian | 34.1 | 28.5 | ||
| Black | 17.0 | 20.5 | ||
| Hispanic | 16.1 | 20.9 | ||
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| Calculus | |
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| Men | 34.5 | 40.3 | ||
| Women | 14.2 | 23.0 | ||
| White | 25.9 | 32.2 | ||
| Asian | 49.1 | 63.3 | ||
| Black | 14.5 | 18.5 | ||
| Hispanic | 16.1 | 26.3 | ||
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| 1 Sample size insufficient to produce a reliable estimate. | ||||
| 2 Statistics courses include only those offered in mathematics departments. | ||||
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