New Hampshire - 2017

Final Grade

B

Graduation Requirements

Is a high school course with personal finance concepts required to be taken as a graduation requirement? Yes, New Hampshire requires that all high school students take a half-year course in economics in order to graduate. See: New Hampshire High School Graduation Requirements (scroll to 306.27 (u)).

High School Education Standards

There are six standards of economics for grades nine through 12 and one of those standards covers personal finance topics. Based on this information, we estimate that students receive approximately 10 hours of instruction in personal finance. See: New Hampshire Social Studies Standards (pages 81-86).

Caveat

It is not clear how New Hampshire measures student achievement in financial literacy.