Scores on Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and subject matter tests: 1965 to 1998

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Table 312.

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         |             |           |                                            |                                           Subject matter tests
         |             |           |____________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________________________________________
         |             |           |   Verbal     |Quantitative  | Analytical   |              |                 |                 |              |              |
Academic |     Number  |GRE takers |              |              |              |  Biology     |  Chemistry      |  Education      | Engineering  | Literature   | Psychology
  year   |       of    |  as a     |______________|______________|______________|______________|_________________|_________________|______________|______________|______________
 ending  |      GRE    |percent of |      |Stand- |      |Stand- |      |Stand- |      |Stand- |         |Stand- |         |Stand- |      |Stand- |      |Stand- |      |Stand-
         |     takers  |bachelor's | Mean |ard    | Mean |ard    | Mean |ard    | Mean |ard    |  Mean   |ard    |  Mean   |ard    | Mean |ard    | Mean |ard    | Mean |ard
         |             | degrees   |      |devia- |      |devia- |      |devia- |      |devia- |         |devia- |         |devia- |      |devia- |      |devia- |      |devia-
         |             |           |      |tion   |      |tion   |      |tion   |      |tion   |         |tion   |         |tion   |      |tion   |      |tion   |      |tion
_________|_____________|___________|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______
    1    |       2     |     3     |  4   |   5   |  6   |   7   |  8   |   9   |  10  |  11   |   12    |  13   |     14  |  15   |  16  |  17   |  18  |  19   |  20  |  21
_________|_____________|___________|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______|_________|_______|_________|_______|______|_______|______|_______|______|_______
1965.....|      93,792 |      18.7 |  530 |   124 |  533 |   137 |  --- |   --- |  617 |   117 |     628 |   114 |     481 |    86 |  618 |   108 |  591 |    95 |  556 |    91
1966.....|     123,960 |      23.8 |  520 |   124 |  528 |   133 |  --- |   --- |  610 |   115 |     618 |   110 |     474 |    87 |  609 |   106 |  588 |    94 |  552 |    91
1967.....|     151,134 |      27.0 |  519 |   125 |  528 |   134 |  --- |   --- |  613 |   114 |     615 |   104 |     476 |    90 |  603 |   104 |  582 |    91 |  553 |    93
1968.....|     182,432 |      28.8 |  520 |   124 |  527 |   135 |  --- |   --- |  614 |   114 |     617 |   104 |     478 |    87 |  601 |   105 |  572 |    91 |  547 |    93
1969.....|     206,113 |      28.3 |  515 |   124 |  524 |   132 |  --- |   --- |  613 |   112 |     613 |   104 |     477 |    88 |  591 |   103 |  569 |    89 |  543 |    89
         |             |           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |         |       |         |       |      |       |      |       |      |
1970.....|     265,359 |      33.5 |  503 |   123 |  516 |   132 |  --- |   --- |  603 |   111 |     613 |   113 |     462 |    92 |  586 |   110 |  556 |    90 |  532 |    91
1971.....|     293,600 |      35.0 |  497 |   125 |  512 |   134 |  --- |   --- |  603 |   114 |     618 |   117 |     457 |    95 |  587 |   115 |  546 |    91 |  530 |    92
1972.....|     293,506 |      33.1 |  494 |   126 |  508 |   136 |  --- |   --- |  606 |   115 |     624 |   124 |     446 |    93 |  594 |   119 |  544 |    96 |  528 |    92
1973.....|     290,104 |      31.5 |  497 |   125 |  512 |   135 |  --- |   --- |  619 |   110 |     630 |   114 |     459 |    96 |  593 |   114 |  545 |    96 |  529 |    92
1974.....|     301,070 |      31.8 |  492 |   126 |  509 |   137 |  --- |   --- |  624 |   110 |     634 |   115 |     452 |    93 |  591 |   121 |  547 |    99 |  530 |    95
         |             |           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |         |       |         |       |      |       |      |       |      |
1975.....|     298,335 |      32.3 |  493 |   125 |  508 |   137 |  --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |  --- |   --- |  --- |   ---
1976.....|     299,292 |      32.3 |  492 |   127 |  510 |   138 |  --- |   --- |  627 |   112 |     627 |   107 |     454 |    93 |  594 |   119 |  539 |   101 |  531 |    93
1977.....|     287,715 |      31.3 |  490 |   129 |  514 |   139 |  --- |   --- |  625 |   113 |     630 |   109 |     453 |    93 |  592 |   115 |  532 |   101 |  532 |    95
1978.....|     286,383 |      31.1 |  484 |   128 |  518 |   135 |  --- |   --- |  622 |   113 |     624 |   108 |     452 |    91 |  594 |   114 |  530 |   102 |  529 |    97
1979.....|     282,482 |      30.7 |  476 |   130 |  517 |   135 |  --- |   --- |  621 |   117 |     623 |   104 |     451 |    89 |  592 |   115 |  525 |   102 |  530 |    97
         |             |           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |         |       |         |       |      |       |      |       |      |
1980.....|     272,281 |      29.3 |  474 |   131 |  522 |   136 |  --- |   --- |  619 |   115 |     618 |   105 |     449 |    90 |  590 |   116 |  521 |   105 |  534 |    98
1981.....|     262,855 |      28.1 |  473 |   128 |  523 |   136 |  --- |   --- |  617 |   115 |     615 |   103 |     453 |    90 |  590 |   116 |  520 |    99 |  532 |    97
1982.....|     256,381 |      26.9 |  469 |   130 |  533 |   137 |  498 |   126 |  616 |   114 |     616 |   105 |     456 |    89 |  593 |   115 |  521 |   100 |  532 |    97
1983.....|     263,674 |      27.2 |  473 |   131 |  541 |   138 |  504 |   128 |  623 |   115 |     620 |   105 |     459 |    90 |  599 |   114 |  527 |    98 |  542 |    95
1984.....|     265,221 |      27.2 |  475 |   130 |  541 |   139 |  512 |   129 |  622 |   115 |     619 |   102 |     461 |    90 |  604 |   114 |  530 |    97 |  543 |    96
         |             |           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |         |       |         |       |      |       |      |       |      |
1985.....|     271,972 |      27.8 |  474 |   126 |  545 |   140 |  516 |   129 |  619 |   114 |     621 |   101 |     459 |    89 |  615 |   120 |  531 |    95 |  541 |    95
1986.....|     279,428 |      28.3 |  475 |   126 |  552 |   140 |  520 |   129 |  612 |   114 |     628 |   106 |     464 |    87 |  616 |   119 |  527 |    96 |  542 |    97
1987.....|     293,560 |      29.6 |  477 |   126 |  550 |   140 |  521 |   128 |  616 |   116 |     629 |   104 |     465 |    86 |  619 |   119 |  526 |    95 |  536 |    95
1988.....|     303,703 |      30.5 |  483 |   123 |  557 |   140 |  528 |   128 |  615 |   114 |     631 |   108 |     467 |    85 |  622 |   120 |  525 |    94 |  537 |    94
1989.....|     326,096 |      32.0 |  484 |   125 |  560 |   142 |  530 |   129 |  612 |   114 |     642 |   117 |     465 |    87 |  626 |   116 |  528 |    91 |  538 |    95
         |             |           |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |         |       |         |       |      |       |      |       |      |
1990.....|     344,572 |      32.8 |  486 |   123 |  562 |   143 |  534 |   128 |  612 |   114 |     662 |   123 |     461 |    84 |  617 |   111 |  523 |    92 |  537 |    95
1991.....|     379,882 |      34.7 |  485 |   122 |  562 |   141 |  536 |   129 |  609 |   113 |     660 |   123 |     457 |    85 |  611 |   111 |  523 |    93 |  535 |    95
1992.....|     411,528 |      36.2 |  483 |   120 |  561 |   140 |  537 |   129 |  605 |   113 |     654 |   128 |     462 |    82 |  610 |   117 |  525 |    92 |  536 |    95
1993.... |     400,246 |      34.4 |  481 |   117 |  557 |   140 |  541 |   129 |  606 |   114 |     662 |   133 |     462 |    80 |  602 |   115 |  516 |    94 |  536 |    97
1994.... |\1\  399,395 |      34.3 |  479 |   116 |  553 |   139 |  545 |   129 |  620 |   116 |     627 |   113 |\2\  493 |   104 |  601 |   115 |  517 |    95 |  538 |    96
1995.... |\1\  389,539 |      33.0 |  477 |   115 |  553 |   140 |  544 |   131 |  622 |   116 |     675 |   138 |\2\  488 |   102 |  596 |   113 |  513 |    96 |  544 |    98
1996.... |\1\  376,013 |      31.9 |  473 |   114 |  558 |   139 |  549 |   131 |  614 |   114 |     678 |   135 |\2\  489 |   104 |  604 |   119 |  512 |    97 |  547 |    99
1997.... |\1\  376,062 |      31.9 |  472 |   113 |  562 |   139 |  548 |   129 |  620 |   115 |     684 |   143 |\2\  487 |   103 |  602 |   114 |  525 |   100 |  554 |    99
1998.....|\1\  364,554 |      32.4 |  471 |   113 |  569 |   141 |  543 |   133 |  628 |   113 |     686 |   137 |\2\  477 |   100 |  609 |   118 |  530 |   100 |  563 |   100
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\1\Total includes examinees who received no score on one or more General Test measures.
\2\Data reported for 1994 through 1998 are from the revised education test.

NOTE: GRE scores for the verbal, quantitative, and analytical sections range from 200 to 800. Subject matter test scores range from 200 to 990.

SOURCE: Graduate Record Examination Board, Examinee and Score Trends for the GRE General Test, various years; and A Summary of Data Collected From Graduate Record Examinations Test-Takers During 1986-87; unpublished data; and U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS) "Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred" surveys, and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Completions" surveys. (This table was prepared October 1999.)

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