New Hampshire · high school · 2026-2027 school year
New Hampshire homeschool graduation requirements, diploma, and transcript
Read how the state rule appliesThe full source context behind the short version.
New Hampshire home education sets no diploma requirement (RSA 193-A as reenacted by Chapter 297, 2026); the parent decides graduation and issues the diploma. The public-school table on the plan board is Ed 306.23, what the state asks of its own public high schools, not a home-education duty.
The short version
- Who sets the requirement: the state's graduation rules bind public schools, not homeschools. The parent issues the diploma.
- What colleges actually look for: University of New Hampshire's own published course expectations are in the table below.
- What a transcript must show: courses by year, credits, and grades, kept by the parent, with the same subject headings the reference table uses.
- Across states: compare what 51 flagship universities ask.
The public-school credit table, for reference
Open the public-school credit referenceA planning reference, not a homeschool requirement.
A homeschool is not held to it. It is shown as the reference a transcript is commonly read against. A recruited athlete also registers with the NCAA Eligibility Center, which grades home-school core courses against its own worksheet, separate from this table.
| Subject | Credits | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| English | — | No statewide home-education figure; the public-school table names four. |
| Math | — | No statewide home-education figure; the public-school table names three. |
| Science | — | No statewide home-education figure; the public-school table names two. |
| Social studies | — | No statewide home-education figure; the public-school table splits two credits of history and social studies three ways. |
| Foreign language | — | No statewide figure; the public-school table names none. |
| PE and health | — | No statewide home-education figure; the public-school table names one credit of physical education and half a credit of health. |
| Arts | — | No statewide home-education figure; the public-school table names half a credit of fine arts. |
| Electives | — | No statewide home-education figure; left to the family. |
| Other | — | No statewide home-education figure; left to the family. |
Assessments in the public-school rules: none required statewide for graduation. These exams bind public-school students; a homeschooled student is not required to take them.
What New Hampshire colleges ask a homeschooled applicant for
Read the admissions and homeschool detailsLaw, testing, and application context
New Hampshire no longer requires home-education notification to the Department of Education at all, and sets no home-education diploma; the public-school credit table (Ed 306.23) is what the state asks of its own public high schools, offered on the plan board as a reference only, not a home-education requirement.
Years of each subject. 0 means the university lists no requirement in that subject; a dash means it publishes no figure for it.
University of New HampshirePublished course expectations
flagship University of New Hampshire
| Subject | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| English | 4 | 4 |
| Math | 3 | 3 |
| Science | 2 | 3 |
| Social studies | 2 | 2 |
| Foreign language | 0 | 2 |
| Arts | 0 | 0 |
15 total units; 2 more full-year college-prep courses beyond the thirteen named-subject units (4 English, 3 math, 2 lab science, 2 history or social science, 2 of one world language)
Math must include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II; 3 years of lab science and 2 years of one world language are preferred though only 2 and 0 are strictly required, respectively. University of New Hampshire requirements (source), checked 2026-09-04.
Questions families ask
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How Trellis checks your transcript against this table
In Trellis, the courses you plan and the work your children check off become the transcript as you go. The graduation card reads that transcript against the table above and says, subject by subject, what is earned and what is still open, and it notices a course filed under the wrong heading before a college does. Nothing is retyped at the end of senior year.
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