North Carolina - 2017

Final Grade

B

Graduation Requirements

Is a high school course with personal finance concepts required to be taken as a graduation requirement? Yes, North Carolina requires high school students to take a half-year course in civics and economics to graduate. See: North Carolina High School Graduation Requirements.

High School Education Standards

There are 10 standards in the American History course titled The Founding Principles, Civics and Economics; two of them pertain to personal finance. Based on this information, we estimate that students receive approximately 12 hours of personal finance instruction. See: North Carolina Standards for Civics and Economics (pages 28-39).

Extra Credit

The Department of Public Instruction has created a website that provides financial literacy resources. See: North Carolina Financial Literacy Resource Website.

Caveat

It is not clear how North Carolina measures student achievement in financial literacy.