Table 135. | Scholastic Assessment Test score averages, by selected student characteristics: 1995-96 to 2001-02 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1995-96 | 1997-98 | 1999-2000 | 2001-02 Selected characteristics |__________________________|__________________________|__________________________|__________________________ | |Mathe- |Percentage| |Mathe- |Percentage| |Mathe- |Percentage| |Mathe- |Percentage |Verbal |matical| distri- |Verbal |matical| distri- |Verbal |matical| distri- |Verbal |matical| distri- | score | score |bution\1\ | score | score |bution\1\ | score | score |bution\1\ | score | score |bution\1\ ________________________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ________________________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________ All students .........................| 505 | 508 | 100 | 505 | 512 | 100 | 505 | 514 | 100 | 504 | 516 | 100 |_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________ High school rank | | | | | | | | | | | | Top decile ..........................| 591 | 606 | 22 | 590 | 607 | 21 | 589 | 608 | 22 | 585 | 607 | 26 Second decile .......................| 530 | 539 | 22 | 530 | 543 | 22 | 528 | 543 | 23 | 522 | 539 | 23 Second quintile .....................| 494 | 496 | 28 | 494 | 500 | 28 | 493 | 500 | 27 | 485 | 495 | 25 Third quintile ......................| 455 | 448 | 24 | 454 | 453 | 24 | 455 | 453 | 23 | 448 | 449 | 22 Fourth quintile .....................| 429 | 418 | 4 | 427 | 421 | 4 | 425 | 419 | 4 | 419 | 416 | 4 Fifth quintile ......................| 411 | 401 | 1 | 408 | 403 | 1 | 408 | 401 | 1 | 405 | 404 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | High school grade point average | | | | | | | | | | | | A+ (97-100)..........................| 617 | 632 | 6 | 613 | 629 | 7 | 610 | 628 | 7 | 607 | 626 | 7 A (93-96)...........................| 573 | 583 | 14 | 569 | 582 | 15 | 567 | 582 | 16 | 565 | 582 | 17 A- (90-92)...........................| 545 | 554 | 15 | 542 | 554 | 16 | 540 | 553 | 17 | 538 | 553 | 17 B (80-89)...........................| 486 | 485 | 49 | 483 | 487 | 48 | 482 | 486 | 47 | 479 | 486 | 47 C (70-79)...........................| 432 | 426 | 15 | 430 | 428 | 13 | 428 | 426 | 12 | 424 | 424 | 11 D, E, or F (below 70) ...............| 414 | 408 | (\2\) | 408 | 411 | (\2\) | 405 | 406 | (\2\) | 404 | 409 | (\2\) | | | | | | | | | | | | Intended college major | | | | | | | | | | | | Agriculture/natural resources........| 491 | 484 | 2 | 491 | 487 | 2 | 490 | 486 | 1 | 481 | 481 | 1 Architecture/environmental design....| 492 | 519 | 3 | 494 | 524 | 2 | 494 | 524 | 2 | 483 | 514 | 2 Arts: visual/performing..............| 520 | 497 | 6 | 520 | 502 | 7 | 518 | 502 | 8 | 514 | 500 | 8 Biological sciences..................| 546 | 545 | 6 | 545 | 546 | 6 | 544 | 548 | 5 | 542 | 551 | 5 Business and commerce................| 483 | 500 | 13 | 484 | 505 | 14 | 487 | 510 | 14 | 486 | 510 | 14 Communications.......................| 527 | 497 | 4 | 523 | 501 | 4 | 526 | 505 | 4 | 524 | 505 | 4 Computer or information sciences.....| 497 | 522 | 3 | 500 | 529 | 5 | 499 | 533 | 6 | 499 | 535 | 7 Education............................| 487 | 477 | 8 | 483 | 480 | 9 | 483 | 481 | 9 | 480 | 481 | 9 Engineering..........................| 525 | 569 | 8 | 525 | 571 | 9 | 523 | 573 | 8 | 521 | 573 | 9 Foreign/classical languages..........| 556 | 534 | (\2\) | 552 | 538 | 1 | 558 | 539 | 1 | 562 | 543 | 1 General/interdisciplinary............| 576 | 553 | (\2\) | 568 | 549 | (\2\) | 562 | 545 | (\2\) | 548 | 535 | (\2\) Health and allied services...........| 500 | 505 | 19 | 497 | 505 | 18 | 497 | 505 | 16 | 490 | 500 | 15 Home economics.......................| 458 | 452 | (\2\) | 458 | 459 | (\2\) | 462 | 462 | (\2\) | 456 | 458 | (\2\) Language and literature..............| 605 | 545 | 1 | 605 | 549 | 1 | 608 | 552 | 1 | 604 | 550 | 1 Library and archival sciences........| 554 | 512 | (\2\) | 547 | 525 | (\2\) | 556 | 511 | (\2\) | 561 | 499 | (\2\) Mathematics..........................| 552 | 628 | 1 | 552 | 629 | 1 | 551 | 630 | 1 | 542 | 625 | 1 Military sciences....................| 503 | 505 | (\2\) | 504 | 507 | (\2\) | 505 | 512 | (\2\) | 507 | 513 | 1 Philosophy/religion/theology.........| 560 | 536 | (\2\) | 558 | 538 | 1 | 560 | 539 | 1 | 561 | 542 | 1 Physical sciences....................| 575 | 595 | 1 | 571 | 592 | 1 | 569 | 592 | 1 | 562 | 588 | 1 Public affairs and services..........| 458 | 448 | 3 | 459 | 453 | 3 | 459 | 454 | 3 | 459 | 456 | 2 Social sciences and history..........| 532 | 509 | 11 | 531 | 512 | 11 | 532 | 513 | 11 | 529 | 512 | 10 Technical and vocational.............| 435 | 441 | 1 | 440 | 448 | 1 | 442 | 452 | 1 | 440 | 452 | 1 Undecided............................| 500 | 507 | 7 | 510 | 520 | 6 | 512 | 521 | 7 | 515 | 528 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | Degree-level goal | | | | | | | | | | | | Certificate program..................| 434 | 439 | 1 | 436 | 447 | 1 | 439 | 453 | 1 | 439 | 456 | 1 Associate degree.....................| 422 | 415 | 2 | 421 | 419 | 2 | 420 | 419 | 2 | 414 | 416 | 1 Bachelor's degree....................| 476 | 476 | 23 | 475 | 480 | 23 | 478 | 483 | 25 | 475 | 483 | 24 Master's degree......................| 514 | 518 | 29 | 513 | 523 | 31 | 515 | 526 | 31 | 513 | 525 | 30 Doctoral or related degree...........| 548 | 552 | 24 | 548 | 554 | 23 | 547 | 554 | 22 | 543 | 553 | 21 Other................................| 430 | 438 | 1 | 435 | 446 | 1 | 442 | 454 | 1 | 437 | 452 | 1 Undecided............................| 502 | 503 | 20 | 505 | 510 | 19 | 508 | 514 | 19 | 512 | 521 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | Family income | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than $10,000....................| 429 | 444 | 4 | 427 | 446 | 5 | 425 | 447 | 4 | 417 | 442 | 4 $10,000, but less than $20,000.......| 456 | 464 | 8 | 451 | 463 | 9 | 447 | 460 | 8 | 435 | 453 | 8 $20,000, but less than $30,000.......| 482 | 482 | 10 | 477 | 482 | 11 | 471 | 478 | 10 | 461 | 470 | 10 $30,000, but less than $40,000.......| 497 | 495 | 12 | 495 | 497 | 13 | 490 | 493 | 12 | 480 | 485 | 11 $40,000, but less than $50,000.......| 509 | 507 | 10 | 506 | 509 | 11 | 503 | 505 | 10 | 496 | 501 | 10 $50,000, but less than $60,000.......| 517 | 517 | 9 | 514 | 518 | 11 | 511 | 515 | 11 | 505 | 509 | 10 $60,000, but less than $70,000.......| 524 | 525 | 7 | 521 | 525 | 9 | 517 | 522 | 9 | 511 | 516 | 9 $70,000, but less than $80,000.......| 531 | 533 | 6 | 527 | 532 | 8 | 524 | 530 | 8 | 517 | 524 | 8 $80,000 to $100,000..................| 541 | 544 | 7 | 539 | 546 | 9 | 536 | 543 | 10 | 530 | 538 | 11 More than $100,000...................| 560 | 569 | 9 | 559 | 572 | 13 | 558 | 571 | 16 | 555 | 568 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | Highest level of parental education | | | | | | | | | | | | No high school diploma...............| 414 | 439 | 4 | 411 | 441 | 4 | 413 | 442 | 4 | 409 | 441 | 5 High school diploma..................| 475 | 474 | 31 | 473 | 477 | 34 | 472 | 477 | 33 | 469 | 476 | 32 Associate degree.....................| 489 | 487 | 7 | 489 | 491 | 8 | 488 | 491 | 9 | 486 | 492 | 9 Bachelor's degree....................| 525 | 529 | 25 | 525 | 532 | 28 | 525 | 533 | 29 | 523 | 533 | 28 Graduate degree......................| 556 | 558 | 23 | 556 | 563 | 25 | 558 | 566 | 25 | 558 | 568 | 26 ________________________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|__________ |
\1\Because of survey item nonresponse, percentage distributions may not add to 100 percent. \2\Less than 0.5 percent. NOTE: Scholastic Assessment Test was formerly known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on College-Bound Seniors, various years. (Copyright @ 2002 by the College Entrance Examination Board. All rights reserved.) (This table was prepared October 2002.) |