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| Table 130. | SAT score averages of college-bound seniors, by selected student characteristics: Selected years, 1995-96 to 2003-04 |
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| 1995-96 | 1997-98 | 1999-2000 | 2002-03\1\ | 2003-04
Selected student characteristic |_________________________|______________|_________________________|______________|________________________
| |Mathe- |Percentage| |Mathe- | |Mathe- |Percentage| |Mathe- | Mathe- |Percentage
|Verbal|matics | distri- |Verbal|matics |Verbal|matics | distri- |Verbal|matics |Verbalmatics | distri-
|score | score |bution\1\ |score | score |score | score | bution |score | score |score score |bution\1\
_____________________________________|______|_______|__________|______|_______|______|_______|__________|______|_______|_____________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12 13| 14
_____________________________________|______|_______|__________|______|_______|______|_______|__________|______|_______|_____________|__________
All students .....................| 505| 508| 100| 505| 512| 505| 514| 100| 507| 519| 508 518| 100
|______|_______|__________|______|_______|______|_______|__________|______|_______|_____________|__________
High school rank | | | | | | | | | | | |
Top decile ........................| 591| 606| 22| 590| 607| 589| 608| ‡ | 585| 607| 584 602| 29
Second decile .....................| 530| 539| 22| 530| 543| 528| 543| ‡ | 522| 539| 522 537| 24
Second quintile ...................| 494| 496| 28| 494| 500| 493| 500| ‡ | 486| 494| 486 494| 22
Third quintile ....................| 455| 448| 24| 454| 453| 455| 453| ‡ | 449| 449| 449 451| 20
Fourth quintile ...................| 429| 418| 4| 427| 421| 425| 419| ‡ | 420| 417| 422 421| 4
Fifth quintile ....................| 411| 401| 1| 408| 403| 408| 401| ‡ | 410| 410| 415 418| 1
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High school grade point average | | | | | | | | | | | |
A+ (97-100) .......................| 617| 632| 6| 613| 629| 610| 628| 7| 607| 625| 606 620| 6
A (93-96) ........................| 573| 583| 14| 569| 582| 567| 582| 16| 566| 583| 567 580| 18
A- (90-92) ........................| 545| 554| 15| 542| 554| 540| 553| 17| 538| 552| 537 549| 17
B (80-89) ........................| 486| 485| 49| 483| 487| 482| 486| 47| 480| 485| 480 486| 47
C (70-79) ........................| 432| 426| 15| 430| 428| 428| 426| 12| 425| 424| 429 431| 11
D, E, or F (below 70) .............| 414| 408| # | 408| 411| 405| 406| # | 416| 430| 421 446| #
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Intended college major | | | | | | | | | | | |
Agriculture/natural resources .....| 491| 484| 2| 491| 487| 490| 486| 1| 484| 482| 484 483| 1
Architecture/environmental design .| 492| 519| 3| 494| 524| 494| 524| 2| 483| 511| 479 510| 2
Arts: visual/performing ...........| 520| 497| 6| 520| 502| 518| 502| 8| 514| 500| 517 501| 8
Biological sciences ...............| 546| 545| 6| 545| 546| 544| 548| 5| 543| 553| 544 552| 6
Business and commerce .............| 483| 500| 13| 484| 505| 487| 510| 14| 489| 512| 486 509| 13
Communications ....................| 527| 497| 4| 523| 501| 526| 505| 4| 524| 506| 525 505| 4
Computer or information sciences ..| 497| 522| 3| 500| 529| 499| 533| 6| 503| 535| 504 532| 5
Education .........................| 487| 477| 8| 483| 480| 483| 481| 9| 482| 483| 483 482| 8
Engineering .......................| 525| 569| 8| 525| 571| 523| 573| 8| 525| 574| 525 573| 9
Foreign/classical languages .......| 556| 534| # | 552| 538| 558| 539| 1| 564| 545| 570 545| 1
General/interdisciplinary .........| 576| 553| # | 568| 549| 562| 545| # | 547| 539| 547 533| #
Health and allied services ........| 500| 505| 19| 497| 505| 497| 505| 16| 489| 498| 487 495| 17
Home economics ....................| 458| 452| # | 458| 459| 462| 462| # | 462| 462| 460 461| #
Language and literature ...........| 605| 545| 1| 605| 549| 608| 552| 1| 603| 550| 603 547| 2
Library and archival sciences .....| 554| 512| # | 547| 525| 556| 511| # | 572| 512| 567 515| #
Mathematics .......................| 552| 628| 1| 552| 629| 551| 630| 1| 545| 626| 541 621| 1
Military sciences .................| 503| 505| # | 504| 507| 505| 512| # | 513| 516| 516 520| 1
Philosophy/religion/theology ......| 560| 536| # | 558| 538| 560| 539| 1| 562| 544| 560 539| 1
Physical sciences .................| 575| 595| 1| 571| 592| 569| 592| 1| 563| 588| 564 587| 2
Public affairs and services .......| 458| 448| 3| 459| 453| 459| 454| 3| 462| 458| 464 459| 3
Social sciences and history .......| 532| 509| 11| 531| 512| 532| 513| 11| 531| 514| 534 515| 10
Technical and vocational ..........| 435| 441| 1| 440| 448| 442| 452| 1| 441| 450| 443 453| 1
Undecided .........................| 500| 507| 7| 510| 520| 512| 521| 7| 516| 528| 514 526| 6
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Degree-level goal | | | | | | | | | | | |
Certificate program ...............| 434| 439| 1| 436| 447| 439| 453| 1| 441| 456| 441 456| 1
Associate's degree ................| 422| 415| 2| 421| 419| 420| 419| 2| 417| 416| 417 417| 1
Bachelor's degree .................| 476| 476| 23| 475| 480| 478| 483| 25| 475| 481| 474 479| 24
Master's degree ...................| 514| 518| 29| 513| 523| 515| 526| 31| 513| 524| 511 520| 29
Doctor's or related degree ........| 548| 552| 24| 548| 554| 547| 554| 22| 542| 552| 540 547| 21
Other .............................| 430| 438| 1| 435| 446| 442| 454| 1| 441| 453| 439 457| 1
Undecided .........................| 502| 503| 20| 505| 510| 508| 514| 19| 514| 523| 513 521| 23
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Family income | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than $10,000 .................| 429| 444| 4| 427| 446| 425| 447| ‡ | 420| 444| 422 450| 5
$10,000, but less than $20,000 ....| 456| 464| 8| 451| 463| 447| 460| ‡ | 437| 452| 440 457| 8
$20,000, but less than $30,000 ....| 482| 482| 10| 477| 482| 471| 478| ‡ | 460| 467| 459 467| 10
$30,000, but less than $40,000 ....| 497| 495| 12| 495| 497| 490| 493| ‡ | 480| 484| 478 482| 11
$40,000, but less than $50,000 ....| 509| 507| 10| 506| 509| 503| 505| ‡ | 495| 498| 493 496| 9
$50,000, but less than $60,000 ....| 517| 517| 9| 514| 518| 511| 515| ‡ | 504| 508| 501 504| 9
$60,000, but less than $70,000 ....| 524| 525| 7| 521| 525| 517| 522| ‡ | 511| 514| 507 510| 8
$70,000, but less than $80,000 ....| 531| 533| 6| 527| 532| 524| 530| ‡ | 518| 523| 515 518| 8
$80,000 to $100,000 ...............| 541| 544| 7| 539| 546| 536| 543| ‡ | 529| 536| 527 530| 12
More than $100,000 ................| 560| 569| 9| 559| 572| 558| 571| ‡ | 555| 568| 553 562| 20
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Highest level of parental education | | | | | | | | | | | |
No high school diploma ............| 414| 439| 4| 411| 441| 413| 442| 4| 413| 443| 415 445| 5
High school diploma ...............| 475| 474| 31| 473| 477| 472| 477| 33| 470| 475| 469 474| 33
Associate's degree ................| 489| 487| 7| 489| 491| 488| 491| 9| 487| 491| 486 490| 9
Bachelor's degree .................| 525| 529| 25| 525| 532| 525| 533| 29| 525| 534| 523 531| 28
Graduate degree ...................| 556| 558| 23| 556| 563| 558| 566| 25| 559| 569| 558 564| 25
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#Rounds to zero. NOTE: The SAT was formerly know as the Scholastic Assessment Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Possible scores on each part of the SAT range from 200 to 800. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and survey item nonresponse. SOURCE: College Entrance Examination Board, National Report on College-Bound Seniors, selected years 1995-96 through 2003-04. (This table was prepared February 2005.)
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